Turns out the current fix (just adding libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb) causes openjdk to be pulled in on ISOs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1918308
Changing the status of this bug until an alternative solution is found. ** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1916786 Title: weak dependency to libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The user can't create a new Base file with the wizard if the libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb package isn't installed. The package libreoffice-base-drivers has only a "suggests" dependency to libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb. It should have a "depends" dependency. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: libreoffice-base-drivers 1:6.4.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-66.74-generic 5.4.86 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Feb 24 18:32:22 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-12 (134 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731) SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.apport: 2021-02-03T16:41:54.752959 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1916786/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp