On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 10:06:47PM +0200, Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2006-08-31 Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 09:31:34AM +0200, Christian Hammers
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 2006-08-31 Mike Hommey wrote:
> > > > > > mozplugger is just great and works well with firefox and not only
> > > > > > mozilla-1.7. As I used firefox for months now without knowing of
> > > > > > mozpluggers existence I feld that there should be at least a
> > > > > > Recommend to it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think Suggests is more appropriate. 
> > > > 
> > > > I we start to do so, why not add as well all firefox extensions ? I
> > > > don't think that's the best thing to do...
> > > 
> > > Because mozplugger is more an architecture like "extensions" or
> > > "plugins". 
> > 
> > Mozplugger is a plugin that embeds external applications. It's no
> > different from the totem plugin, for example.
> 
> Technically correct, but mozplugger displays much more like postscript and
> pdf which makes it at least "the best available". And as there are no
> "extensions" available as .deb, they stand not to discussion which leaves
> "mozplugger or not mozplugger" as choice for us.

To cite a (very) few:
mozilla-venkman
mozilla-livehttpheaders
mozilla-checky
mozilla-diggler
mozilla-tabextensions
mozilla-ctxextensions
mozilla-stumbleupon
mozilla-bonobo
...

Sure, there are no "extensions" available as .deb.

> So decide yourself what would be the most beneficial to our users (esp. the
> non-gurus) without making packaging or policy problems.
> 
> I would vote for a strong recommend but if you think that many users be
> better off without mozplayer make it a suggest or leave it be...

I'm not convinced having mozplugger installed by default (that's what a
recommend would do) would be a really good idea.

Mike


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