-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Saša Bodiroža wrote: | On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:12 PM, John Vivirito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> I dont see any reason why mplayer(standalone app) should depend on |> xulrunner nor browsers since it doesnt need them i think we should |> downgrade all browser deps and xulrunner depsto recommends | | mplayer doesn't depend on any browser, or browser-related library. | | As for the mozilla-mplayer, we could either move browser-related | Depends to Recommends, or include all browser in one OR Depends. The | latter might be a bit wrong in one extreme case: | - new browser package, named browser-package, gets into Ubuntu archives | - user wants to use only browser-package, which is compatible with | mozilla-mplayer | - unfortunately, browser-package still isn't added to that OR browser | Depends, so user is forced to install some other browser, too | | It is a very rare situation, but it can happen :). | The more i think about this the more i am against adding browsers to the deps, only because if they are using non-gecko browser they will have to install one.(yes i know thats the point as mozilla-mplyer wont work on konq, ect...) since most people using Ubuntu or Xubuntu has a gecko browser installed already this sould not be a dep. Please move them to recommends as this will cause too much cruft to be installed if they are using a minimal system without Ubuntu-desktop but with Gnome-* package.
When you say brower-package you mean a empty package that depends on a browser? (empty == meta package) just sued to get deps. - -- Sincerely Yours, ~ John Vivirito https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito Linux User# 414246 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFILKDcqig4QTwcPCoRAgqWAJoDnD2S2gUH3QMF6K95sud1LHnwaQCdEzKQ JaT2o9K5tmGWiMg0e62EVF8= =nZLq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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 subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
