kotlin package and dependencies
Federico Kircheis <[email protected]> Sun, 18 May 2025 12:00:44 +0200
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Hello, I've asked the question to [email protected] and got the suggestion to ask here. I'm using the kotlin package since I wanted to use the kotlinc compiler, and noticed that it lists following packages as dependencies * ant * libmaven-compiler-plugin-java * libmaven-plugin-tools-java * libmaven3-core-java I'm not using ant or maven, so this install (through transitive dependencies) over 300 MB of unnecessary data: ---- Summary: Upgrading: 0, Installing: 76, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 959 Download size: 69.8 MB Space needed: 324 MB ---- If I force the installation without those packages, I get following summary: ---- Summary: Upgrading: 0, Installing: 3, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 959 Download size: 0 B / 6,380 B Space needed: 27.6 kB ---- Since the kotlin compiler does not depend on libmaven-compiler-plugin-java libmaven-plugin-tools-java libmaven3-core-java ant, would it make sense to move those dependencies to recommended, or remove them altogether? The complete list of installed transitive dependencies is ant libcommons-parent-java libjsoup-java libmaven3-core-java libplexus-utils2-java libaopalliance-java libcommons-text-java libjsr305-java libplexus-ant-factory-java libplexus-velocity-java libapache-pom-java libdoxia-core-java libjtidy-java libplexus-archiver-java libplexus-xml-java libasm-java liberror-prone-java libjuniversalchardet-java libplexus-bsh-factory-java libqdox2-java libatinject-jsr330-api-java libgeronimo-annotation-1.3-spec-java libmaven-archiver-java libplexus-build-api-java libsisu-inject-java libbsh-java libgeronimo-interceptor-3.0-spec-java libmaven-compiler-plugin-java libplexus-cipher-java libsisu-plexus-java libcdi-api-java libguava-java libmaven-file-management-java libplexus-classworlds-java libslf4j-java libcommons-cli-java libguice-java libmaven-jar-plugin-java libplexus-compiler-java libsnappy-java libcommons-codec-java libhttpclient-java libmaven-parent-java libplexus-component-annotations-java libsnappy-jni libcommons-collections3-java libhttpcore-java libmaven-plugin-tools-java libplexus-container-default-java libtrove-intellij-java libcommons-compress-java libjansi-java libmaven-reporting-api-java libplexus-container-default1.5-java libvavr0-java libcommons-io-java libjetbrains-annotations-java libmaven-resolver-java libplexus-interpolation-java libwagon-provider-api-java libcommons-lang-java libjline3-java libmaven-shared-incremental-java libplexus-io-java libxbean-reflect-java libcommons-lang3-java libjna-java libmaven-shared-io-java libplexus-languages-java libxz-java libcommons-logging-java libjna-jni libmaven-shared-utils-java libplexus-sec-dispatcher-java velocity