Bug#314401: yelp and mozilla dependences

[Josselin Mouette]

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Le vendredi 17 juin 2005 =E0 12:23 -0500, Carlos C Soto a =E9crit :
> Josselin Mouette wrote:=20
> > Le mercredi 15 juin 2005 =E0 20:42 -0500, Carlos C Soto a =E9crit :
> >  =20
> > The different libgtkembedmoz.so are not binary-compatible. They aren't
> > even versioned. We all know this is completely broken, but the mozilla
> > maintainer still refuses to version them and split them out.
> >  =20
> So, there is nothing to do ?=20

Yes and no.

> Could we have a static libgtkembedmoz.so into yelp insteal
> mozilla-browser dependences ?

Over my dead body.

> Could be yelp compiled with firefox compatibility instead
> mozilla-browser ?

Firefox isn't the main development platform of the mozilla project.
However it should soon be, and when it is the case, we'll try to
separate the libraries and the binaries.

> I'm not a DD and hardly I made small packages, how can I help ?

Learn Japanese and try to discuss with the Mozilla maintainer :/
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