Bug#370411: bsh: please, change dependencies so that it doesn't drag a whole bunch of packages just for OO.o

[Rogério Brito]

Package: bsh
Version: 2.0b4-3
Severity: wishlist

Hi.

I just needed to install OpenOffice.org and it has one module that
depends on Java things, including bsh.

Unfortunately, the first element in the dependency of bsh is:
kaffe | java1-runtime | java2-runtime, while other packages in OO.o
already pull in java-gcj-compat, which provides a runtime environment.

This means that it is a bit hard for those of us with tight space on
hard disks.

Also, kaffe depends on jikes, among other things, which is a bit
strange, because pulling in a compiler for Java wouldn't be expected by
a person that just wanted to type a text on OO.o.


Thanks for your efforts, Rogério Brito.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.16-1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

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