> Don't see the point. Mozilla knows howto behave in a multi-user
> environment!
It doesn't quite follow the standard relationship between /etc (global)
and ~/. files (users).
> So they know what they are doing.
Yes, but we don't, and "they" are doing it as a cross-platform fix, not
by elegant design.
> BTW mozilla is not ported to linux
Ever heard of XPCOM? If that ain't a port...
> it is a suite running on
> multiple-platforms. Thus a cross-plattform tool. It does not contain so
> much differences from win to linux & vv.
That is the point, it was made originally for MS Windows and doesn't
quite follow the POSIX standards and conventions.
> The switch in the advanced preference dialog says to inherit from system
> options. This tries to determine as many settings from debian system
> settings. AFAIK this is a debian only feature to integrate mozilla with
> the debian distribution.
These aren't Debian system settings, they are POSIX and GNU system
settings. This shouldn't be optional, and is a sign of something from
abroad.
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