On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 08:45, Lars Tennstedt <o...@larstennstedt.de> wrote: > Hello, > > sorry for bothering you, but I do not get it. Can anyone tell me why > NetBeans-IDE is placed in contrib? It depends on the NetBeans-Plattform from > contrib and this depends on OpenJDK 6 from main.
I think it's because it's developed by an external party and not specifically for Debian. If it were to depend on java-sun6-jdk or whatever the package is, it would be in non-free though- But i'm no authority on the matter. Regards, Nuno Magalhães -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org