Java for use in Firefox and Open Office - which packages to download?

[Derek Broughton]

Billie Walsh wrote:

> Art Alexion wrote:
>> On Thursday 18 December 2008 4:16:08 pm Jonas Norlander wrote:
>>   
>>> 2008/12/18 Art Alexion <art.alexion at gmail.com>:
>>>     
>>>> Gnome should not be a firefox dependency.  I wish someone would fix
>>>> that.
>>>>       
>>> Well it don't really have a dependency on Gnome. 
>>
>> Really?

Yeah, really.  I can't see any dependencies, only the "Suggests" for 
firefox-3.0-gnome-support.

> Up front, I don't care for the Gnome desktop. I prefer KDE [ DUH! I
> guess that's why I'm on the Kubuntu list ].
> 
> On the other hand there are a few aps that are gnome that I prefer
> over the KDE counterpart. One that I use frequently is "gftp".
> 
> I guess I just don't understand. What is all the fuss over having a
> few gnomish bits installed?
 
Well the fuss is not nearly so much about the "gnomish" bits, but the 
duplication, imo.   Art's list specifically included:
gksu: duplicating kdesudo, but differently
gnome-keyring: duplicating kwallet
gnome-mime-data: What?  This isn't even desktop stuff...
gnome-mount: gotta be doing something differently....

I could live with those, and others, except the gnome-keyring bit.  It 
drives me nuts that my one frequently-used gnome app - evolution (for 
the exchange connector) has to pop up a separate prompt for the keyring 
from every other app I use.
-- 
derek