[jira] [Created] (CASSANDRA-14390) Cassandra's Debian package depends on java-X-jre which requires GUI components

["Richard Whitehouse (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Richard Whitehouse created CASSANDRA-14390:
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             Summary: Cassandra's Debian package depends on java-X-jre which requires GUI components
                 Key: CASSANDRA-14390
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-14390
             Project: Cassandra
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Packaging
            Reporter: Richard Whitehouse


Cassandra can't be installed against a later version of the JRE without also installing a bunch of GUI packages which aren't relevant on a server installation.

e.g. Cassandra 3 can't be installed against a Java 9 JRE without also installing GUI components.

This is because of the Debian package dependencies.

Cassandra 3+ depends on `openjdk-8-jre-headless | java-8-jre`.

Cassandra 2.x depends on `opendjk-7-jre-headless | java-8-jre`

`java-X-jre` is a metapackage which specifies a Java version compatible with the given Java version that includes GUI components. It's supplied by `openjdk-X-jre` - e.g. `java-8-jre` is supplied by `openjdk-8-jre` and `openjdk-9-jre`.

In comparison, `java-X-jre-headless` is a metapackage which specifies a Java version compatible with the given Java version but doesn't require GUI components.It's supplied by `openjdk-X-jre-headless` - e.g. `java-8-jre-headless` is supplied by `openjdk-8-jre-headless` and `openjdk-9-jre-headless`.

Can Cassandra be changed to depend on `java-8-jre-headless` instead of `java-8-jre`?

This affects all releases since Debian packaging was introduced according to the commit logs.



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