The mentioned bug was fixed and ubuntu-standard doesn't depend or recommend w3m, so I don't think this bug is relevant anymore.
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589394 Title: replace w3m with lynx Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: Binary package hint: ubuntu-standard Considering bug 589203 and bug 523229 - would it be worth to switch to lynx (or another browser that doesn't have that issue for that matter) ? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: w3m 0.5.2-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.34-5.13-generic 2.6.34 Uname: Linux 2.6.34-5-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jun 3 22:52:33 2010 InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: w3m To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/589394/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp