[fedora-java] Suggestions to improve the JAVA guidelines

[Victor Vasilyev]

Hi,

It seems one interesting question about Java guidelines has no answer yet...

Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
> Conrad Meyer wrote:
>> Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
>>> JAVA GUIDELINES:
>>>
>>> - BuildRequires: jpackage-utils
>>>
>>> Why do we need this? I understand Requires: jpackage-utils for 
>>> directory ownership etc, but the BR is not necessary for most 
>>> packages (at least all the ones I saw so far). I think this should 
>>> *not* be required.
>> rpm -ql jpackage-utils | grep /usr/bin
>> A lot of these are useful. 
> Yes, I agree. But can't we leave the BR out for those packages which don't use these tools?
>   
AFAIK minimization of dependencies between components is an important 
development target of any system.
Establishing of the superfluous dependencies is not a good development 
approach even if we'll add a dependency on a component that is very 
useful in all other cases.

The jemmy package [1] is an example where dependencies on the 
jpackage-utils are redundant.
 
Are there any valuable reasons for establishing dependencies on the 
jpackage-utils if such facilities are not used in a package/subpackage?

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514699

Thanks in advance,
Victor