There should be a headless JDK option for servers

Bug #1265928 reported by Chris Adams
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This bug affects 3 people
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openjdk-7 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

New OpenJDK version, same issue as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/257857

The underlying problem is that there's no way to do something like compile a Java program or use jstack to debug a process without installing the full openjdk-7-jdk package, which pulls in over a hundred other packages for some large dependencies (GNOME, Mesa, sound themes, etc.) which should not be installed on a server.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in openjdk-7 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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