[fedora-java] Re: why does openjdk need to depend on netbeans?

Lillian Angel langel at redhat.com
Fri Feb 13 01:09:09 UTC 2009


Harshad wrote:
> Lillian Angel wrote:
>   
>>> I just tried installing java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel, and this causes a 38M
>>> download because of a dependency on netbeans. Is this really intended or
>>> is there a bug/oversight? (I am on a limited download internet
>>> connection)
>>>       
>
>   
>> This was discusssed in this thread, starting here:
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-October/msg03014.html
>>     
>
> Last time I quizzed this list was when visualvm was getting included via openjdk-devel package.
>
> This time I am quizzing why am I missing it although I have openjdk-devel? Did something change?


Yes, we had issues with the VisualVM package since the NetBeans upgrade 
and needed to remove VisualVM temporarily. We may re-insert it in the 
future.


Cheers,
Lillian




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