[fedora-java] Suggestions to improve the JAVA guidelines

[Andrew Overholt]

* Victor Vasilyev <Victor.Vasilyev at Sun.COM> [2009-07-30 19:33]:
> 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?
>> [...]
>
> Are there any valuable reasons for establishing dependencies on the  
> jpackage-utils if such facilities are not used in a package/subpackage?

The BR on jpackage-utils could probably be made optional.

Andrew