Adding a tag to wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Tags

[Brian Murray]

On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 11:58:12PM +0900, Emmet Hikory wrote:
> Bug Squad,
>     There's a class of bugs with Java applications that depend on the
> full Java Runtime Environment when they could depend on a headless
> Java Runtime Environment (no video or audio support).  Ensuring that
> applications which don't need video or audio support use this headless
> JRE is an important step towards being able to use Java well on
> servers (which are often headless).
> 
>     I've seen at least one bug that complained about the dependencies
> of a Java application being too complex (why is X required for a
> *command line* tool?), and suspect there will be more as we get closer
> to the goal and build an expectation in users that Java should work in
> headless mode.
> 
>     To ease the work of developers chasing this goal, I'd like to
> request that the "java-headless" tag be used for bugs that address
> excessive dependencies of Java applications where those excessive
> dependencies include spurious requests for X or audio libraries.  I've
> started using this tag myself for cases where I find bugs of this
> type, but would like to add it to Bugs/Tags in the hopes of increasing
> the number of people who might see such bugs and add the tag so that
> those people working on the problem may have their work better
> directed.
> 
>     I'd like to hear comments from others for or against the addition
> of this tag to the Bugs/Tags page.  With luck, we'll complete the
> transition in intrepid, but more likely intrepid+1, so this tag will
> have a limited lifespan.

This sounds like a great idea to me.

-- 
Brian Murray                                                 @ubuntu.com
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