Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > As some of you may have noticed, communicator is broken on powerpc now. > That is, > > apt-get install communicator > > won't work, since communicator-smotif-47 is in woody. I asked Richard > Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> about this and he told me that there are RC > bugs on the package. I checked this on the BTS and on > debian-devel-announce, and yes there were RC bugs on > communicator-smotif-47 but were since fixed and there is no reason IMHO > why powerpc should be left without a browser (I know there is mozilla, but > since netscape works ok why leave it out?). > Same happened with my package dx (there was a RC bug on it, which I > fixed eons ago). Of course I don't want to be left out of frozen. > Apart from dx which is a personal matter, I believe communicator isn't > that's why I posted here. I couldn't think of a better thing to do than > post here.
Yep. Lets have communicator. I use it on other platforms and it is a pretty good piece of software. Mozilla is good too but I find that it significantly slower than communicator. BTW, there are some redraw bugs in communicator. When the toolbars are closed/minimized and then maximized, they don't redraw properly and other frames seem to cover them up. Brendan Simon.
