So it can be added as Dependency with another |, so it's or a gecko browser or xulrunner
On 10/29/07, Forest Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 11:47:24AM -0000, Cesare Tirabassi wrote: > > Personally, I don't think that www browsers should be made > recommendations and > > not dependencies. > > Let me quote the debian policy: > > > > The Depends field should be used if the depended-on package is required > > for the depending package to provide a significant amount of > > functionality. > > > > While: > > > > The Recommends field should list packages that would be found together > > with this one in all but unusual installations. > > > > Now, I hope you agree that to provide a significant amount of > > functionality for this plugin a www browser is needed? > > > > Whether it makes sense or not to add xulrunner to the list of > dependancies > > (or-ed!) its a matter of testing it. > > For instance, I have not added it to gecko-mediaplayer yet (from the > same > > upstream author) simply because I don't have any evidence that it will > work. > > Just the fact that it makes sense that it works is not enough (for > instance > > gecko-mediaplayer should work with Opera and Konqueror, but it doesn't). > > Can you perhaps test it and confirm if the mozilla-mplayer works with > xul > > based applications (via xulrunner)? > > I've tested it. It works. > > Why should plugin-browser combinations have to be tested by package > maintainers? > That just doesn't seem very fair to users that want to use a less popular > browser. They'll end up waiting a release or two before the dependencies > will > be in their favor. > > I guess it'd be nice if it could Depend: gecko-browser ... > > -Forest > -- > Forest Bond > http://www.alittletooquiet.net > > -- > mozilla-mplayer unnecessarily depends on gecko browsers > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137993 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- aka nxvl Yo uso Software Libre, y tu? -- mozilla-mplayer unnecessarily depends on gecko browsers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137993 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
