Bug#439184: seemingly unneeded depends pulled in when installing eclipse-cdt

[CSights]

Package: eclipse-cdt
Version: 3.1.2-1
Severity: wishlist

Hello,
	I was just trying to install eclipse-cdt from aptitude and discovered that it 
tried to pull in many more packages than needed.
	Currently I have eclipse-cdt installed from tar balls from the Eclipse 
website.  The minimum I needed to install was the 

	+ Platform Runtime Binary (eclipse-platform-3.2.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz)
	+ CDT (org.eclipse.cdt-3.1.2-linux.x86.tar.gz)

	Also already installed are Debian packages for Java, GTK2, and other things 
which I may have needed, but were already installed.
	I've been having a look at the dependencies in Debian's eclipse-cdt, trying 
to figure out why so many things are being pulled in.  I don't know much 
about packaging and what is or is not included implicitly in the Eclipse.org 
packages, so don't be surprised if I say things which don't make sense!
	(Finally to concrete suggestions:)
	Does "eclipse-platform" need to depend on "eclipse-rcp"?  On the eclipse.org 
webpage it appears as though the "RCP Runtime Binary" is a plugin, so it 
should depend on "eclipse-platform" rather than the other way around.  I've 
attached a picture of the dependencies which seem to be indicated by the 
webpage 
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.3-200706251500/details.php
	Also, I don't have libjsch-java, liblucene-java*, libtomcat* installed and my 
CDT works fine.  Perhaps these are included in one of the two Eclipse.org 
packages I've installed as indicated above?  Or perhaps they are not needed 
by eclipse-cdt (and shouldn't be pulled in with eclipse-platform)?  Maybe the 
above (especially libtomcat*) should be depended on by eclipse-jdt 
and/or -pde and/or -rcp, but not -cdt?


Thanks for your work,
	C.

--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.22.2

Debian Release: lenny/sid
  990 testing         security.debian.org 
  990 testing         ftp.egr.msu.edu 
  980 testing         ftp.sunet.se 
   50 unstable        ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu 
   25 feisty          us.archive.ubuntu.com 
   25 edgy            us.archive.ubuntu.com 

--- Package information. ---
Depends              (Version) | Installed
==============================-+-===========
eclipse-pde                    | 
exuberant-ctags                | 
 OR ctags                      | 

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