On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 02:12:03PM +0200, r...@libertysurf.fr wrote: > > Package: gnome > Version: 1:3.4+7 > > Hello, > updating from squeeze to wheezy, I got a dependency problem with gnome. In > french, it says : > > Les paquets suivants ont des dépendances non satisfaites : > xul-ext-adblock-plus : Casse: icedove (> 16.0~a1+) mais 17.0.7-1~deb7u1 est > installé. > > Indeed, gnome package depends on both icedove (10.X) and > xul-ext-adblock-plus. But the debian security team now provides a security > update of icedove (ESR, 17.X) that is incompatible with xul-ext-adblock-plus. > They did it on purpose, knowing icedove ESR would brake xul-* packages. And > they do not want to maintain xul-* packages anymore, advising people to go > directly to http://addons.mozilla.org : > > http://www.marshut.com/npxkm/switching-to-mozilla-esr-in-stable-security.html > > Which makes gnome inconsistent and not fully instalable. > > Would it be possible to follow security team advices, and remove > xul-ext-adblock-plus from gnome package ?
A compatibility update to xul-ext-adblock-plus was released through stable-security as a hotfix, but needs to be the exceptional case. The dependency on xul-ext-adblock-plus should still be lowered for the Debian 7.2 point release (at least to Recommends or less, see below) to prevent such a failure in the future. Independent of that: There have been recent reports in the German language IT press about the dubious business practices behind Adblock plus. http://www.mobilegeeks.de/adblock-plus-undercover-einblicke-in-ein-mafioeses-werbenetzwerk/ (Only in German) (plus a lot of followups even in the mainstream media, e.g. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/browsererweiterung-in-der-kritik-wie-adblock-plus-mit-werbung-geld-verdient-1.1715051 ) English version: http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/06/google-and-others-reportedly-pay-adblock-plus-to-show-you-ads-anyway/ I don't think we should install such software in the default desktop installation. Cheers, Moritz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
