[Bug 463648] [NEW] Maven2 package requires too many dependencie

[Michael Osipov]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: maven2

Just installed Karmic and was pleased that Maven 2.2.1 is finally in the
repos. I wanted to install it but was shocked to see the dependency
tree. Not mentioning that recommended packages are installed for some
stupid reason too, the weight of all necessary packages is way too much.

I ran apt-get with: sudo apt-get install maven2 --no-install-recommends
See the output as attached file. As you can see it wants to install 41 new packages with a total weight of 25,6 MiB on disk. Installing 2.2.1 manually to /opt requires only 3,2 MiB (du -h) on disk. This is it simply.

I am aware that the debian package completely dissects the uber jar to
separate packages but consider the following:

1. Maven will download necessary packages on its own as it thinks fit, it does not care for any other packages in the system. Everything has to be oin the local repo. E.g. libplexus-utils-java and many others.
2. dissecting should have minimal deps which is easily feasible.

This package and its dependecy tree should be skimmed for 10.4!

Mike

** Affects: maven2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: maven2 package

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Maven2 package requires too many dependencie
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/463648
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