Package: xul-ext-adblock-plus Version: 2.1.2-1 Severity: wishlist We were just discussing this on #debian-offtopic on OFTC.
When xul-ext-adblock-plus is brought along as a dependency of the gnome metapackage, it is enabled by default in iceweasel. Adblock plus is known to block false positives and create otherwise unpredictable behaviour in sites that use, for instance, click tracking for non-malicious purposes, or ad-like elements for displaying native content. Still, many users consider ABP to be an integral part of modern browsing, and while I'm not one of those users, I understand why including it in the metapackage makes sense. What should happen is it should be installed in a disabled state, and it should be up to the user to enable it if they want to. Either that, or somehow translate iceweasel's default warn-on-addon-install behaviour to addons installed through apt. Give the user the choice. (As an aside: I also noticed that addons installed through apt can't be removed through the iceweasel addon manager. Intentional?) Having an extension like adblock enabled by default, with no user input or knowledge, is one of those things that seems harmless on the surface but could create unwanted behaviour in an OS that's intended to be universal. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages xul-ext-adblock-plus depends on: ii iceweasel 10.0.10esr-1 xul-ext-adblock-plus recommends no packages. xul-ext-adblock-plus suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
