LibreOffice installs Java and opens a security risk?

[John Hupp]

This is in 13.04 Raring.  I was looking at the dependent packages that 
are installed with the LibreOffice metapackage.  Various references to 
JRE (Java Runtime Environment) and Java.

On 7/18/2013 8:56 PM, Augustine Souza wrote:
> John, how long ago was this? I can't give you a reference, but I don't 
> think LibreOffice 4 installs any type of Java at all. It's possible 
> this happened with much older versions and before Oracle changed some 
> legal stuff about Oracle which even caused Canonical to drop Oracle's 
> Java from the repos.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:46 AM, John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com 
> <mailto:lubuntu at prpcompany.com>> wrote:
>
>     I forget if I asked this question some time back, but if I did, I
>     don't remember that the matter was settled.
>
>     I wanted to add LibreOffice to an installation for the sake of
>     better MS Office file compatibility and to gain a presentations
>     program, but it looks like LibreOffice will install Java.  It
>     seems to me that this must open a security risk.  But I recall
>     also doing some reading that indicated Java might be removed and
>     most common LibreOffice functions will work just fine (I think the
>     notable exception being the Base database).
>
>     Can someone clarify/amplify?
>
>     --John
>
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