Bug#370098: tasksel: Desktop Environment installs both firefox and galeon

[Josselin Mouette]

retitle 370098 epiphany isn't installed by the default installation
severity 370098 important
thanks

Le lundi 05 juin 2006 à 23:29 +0200, Josselin Mouette a écrit :
> Le dimanche 04 juin 2006 à 16:01 -0400, Joey Hess a écrit :
> > Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > No. Both epiphany and galeon depend on libxul, not firefox. Something
> > > else must have brought firefox.
> > 
> > The desktop task pulls in firefox.
> > 
> > > As galeon is more compliant with the GNOME HIG than firefox, it makes
> > > sense to give it a higher priority than firefox. The problem here is
> > > that firefox shouldn't have been installed.
> > 
> > Yes it should; it's the browser a great many users expect to have
> > installed with their desktop.
> 
> It doesn't make sense to install it as part of the GNOME desktop. It
> doesn't integrate correctly with the desktop, and doesn't have any key
> features epiphany doesn't have. In the end, it's just confusing to have
> two browsers installed, just because one of them is "well-known".

Apparently, the situation has gotten worse: with the latest daily build
(which, I have to say, kicks ass for all other things that matter - full
install in 12 minutes), only firefox is installed, not epiphany nor
galeon. Which means there is no GNOME browser installed by default.

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