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Bootstrapping any tool is going to look that way. To compile gcc you need a C compiler don't you?

Yes, but gcc requires gcc and THAT is. gcc does not require KDE and apache to build (which is like Maven dependency chain looks like).

You probably are angry at the "length" of the dependency chain, but I see no conceptual difference between the two bootstrapped tools.

Of course, I am looking at this far from the battle-field, so maybe I am being too non-chalant.