Recent changes in java-1.6.0-openjdk (font dependencies)

Ronald Wahl rwahl at gmx.de
Fri Nov 26 20:58:31 UTC 2010


Hi,

today I was very surprised that updating my F13 system required me to 
install ~20 fonts packages. Digging around a bit showed me that change 
in the java-1.6.0-openjdk package:

http://osdir.com/ml/general/2010-11/msg38744.html

Can anyone tell me the reason for all these fonts dependencies?

I think it is not the business of packages to require specific fonts. 
Fonts are something that should be entirely under control of the system 
administrator.

greets,
ron


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