Re: src.zip, demos and samples in java idk

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> skribis:

> I discovered that the "jdk" of icedtea includes "demos", "samples" and
> even a "src.zip" file. These are as big as 50 MB, where the src.zip
> contributes by 43 MB. Thee 50MB are ca. 12% of the whole jdk.
>
> IMHO, all of these should not be there since they are rarely needed.
> Also it is common security best-practice to *not* include any demo code
> on production systems - which should at least followed by such large
> packages. The reasoning is that demos and examples are often prone to
> errors and offering attack points.
>
> Shall I move these to "doc" or to a new output (e.g. "examples").

It would make sense to move them to “doc”, indeed; we’ve done it in
other packages.

Ludo’.