Bug#640354: libisfreetype-5.2-java: circular dependency with libisnativec-java

Thu Sep 8 16:14:41 UTC 2011

On 09/08/2011 04:14 PM, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 07:37:09PM +0200, Torsten Werner wrote:

>> without creating an unmaintainable mess if it is possible at all.
> 
> I realize this is an upstream issue, but the current system with circular
> dependencies between jar files is already an unmaintainable mess. 

I see a role for Debian in fixing such circular dependencies when
there are multiple unrelated upstreams involved. For this particular
case it is a single company providing all those is*.jar libraries.

Kind regards,

Steffen