Another questionable dependency chain -- libreoffice-writer installs log4j-chainsaw

[Kevin Kofler]

Mikolaj Izdebski wrote:
> 2) RPM doesn't differentiate between dependency scopes.  Some
> dependencies may be required only in some contexts, for example only for
> testing, or only when using that package to compile other packages.  In
> the latter case one would normally put these dependencies in -devel
> packages, but these are forbidden by packaging guidelines for Java.

WTF???

Those guidelines must be fixed NOW!

-devel stuff MUST be in -devel packages and not pollute normal packages. ALL 
those Java libraries should have a -devel subpackage, or if it is really not 
needed, a Provides: foo-devel.

        Kevin Kofler