Bug#281401: mozilla/firefox dependency of libdevhelp debian package

Gustavo R. Montesino "Gustavo R. Montesino" <grmontesino@ig.com.br>, 281401@bugs.debian.org
Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:10:52 -0200


On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 08:37:46PM -0200, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> Em Seg, 2004-11-15 =EF=BF=BDs 16:54 +0100, Ondrej Mihalyi escreveu:
> > A feature request to debian package:
> >=20
> > Is there a possibility to make a dependency on firefox to devhelp (si=
nce it seems to have gecko in it like mozilla browser) and make it option=
al?
> >=20
> > The users, who use firefox, would have only firefox installed, those =
who don't, would have mozilla installed.
>=20
> Hello,

Hey kov,

> This doesn't seem to be possible for now. I hope Gecko will be split ou=
t
> of Mozilla soon, so we can have this done.

Just wondering... I remember of have read somewhere that it can be
compiled with gtkhtml instead... Am I drunk again? If not, is there some
particular reason to use mozilla instead? It would be nice to get rid of
some unused mozilla packages ;)

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Gustavo R. Montesino
Debian-BR Project - http://www.debian-br.org/