Bug#492657: epiphany-webkit: not ready to be included in a stable release
Michael Gilbert
michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com
Sun Jul 27 22:34:12 UTC 2008
Package: epiphany-webkit
Version: 2.22.3-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
i don't believe that epiphany-webkit is ready to be included in a stable
release yet. yes, it can render webpages, and now even supports plugins,
but there are enough issues, which are not that severe individually, but
combined make the browser unusable. it would be a shame for users to end
up having a bad experience with this alpha-quality software if it were to
be included in an "official" release.
the issues that, when combined, make this problem grave are:
http://bugs.debian.org/452762 - text resized does not work
http://bugs.debian.org/464481 - ignores proxy settings
http://bugs.debian.org/467237 - find in page does not work
http://bugs.debian.org/467237 - cannot open links in new tabs
http://bugs.debian.org/476858 - print menu doesn't work
http://bugs.debian.org/467859 - cannot open links in new window
http://bugs.debian.org/490780 - no help if yelp not installed
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/525683 - keyword search doesn't work
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/529047 - doesn't store cookies
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/532510 - spelling/grammar functions don't work
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/532678 - remember passwords doesn't work
i think epiphany-webkit is great, and thanks for all the hard work, but
i just don't think its ready to be in a stable release.
i think that the epiphany-webkit package should be hinted out of
testing.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages epiphany-webkit depends on:
ii dbus 1.2.1-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii epiphany-browser-data 2.22.3-1 Data files for the GNOME web brows
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.22.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii iso-codes 3.1-1 ISO language, territory, currency,
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.20-2 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libavahi-client3 0.6.23-2 Avahi client library
ii libavahi-common3 0.6.23-2 Avahi common library
ii libavahi-gobject0 0.6.23-2 Avahi GObject library
ii libbonobo2-0 2.22.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.22.0-1 The Bonobo UI library
ii libc6 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.76-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-8 GCC support library
ii libgconf2-4 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.5-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-desktop-2 2.22.3-1 Utility library for loading .deskt
ii libgnome2-0 2.20.1.1-1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.20.1.1-1 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeui-0 2.20.1.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 1:2.22.0-4 GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.4-3 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii liborbit2 1:2.14.13-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpixman-1-0 0.10.0-2 pixel-manipulation library for X a
ii libpng12-0 1.2.27-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libpopt0 1.14-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library
ii libstartup-notificatio 0.9-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libwebkit-1.0-1 1.0.1-2 Web content engine library for Gtk
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.4-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxcb-render-util0 0.2+git36-1 utility libraries for X C Binding
ii libxcb-render0 1.1-1.1 X C Binding, render extension
ii libxcb1 1.1-1.1 X C Binding
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.3-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxslt1.1 1.1.24-1 XSLT processing library - runtime
ii python2.5 2.5.2-9 An interactive high-level object-o
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages epiphany-webkit recommends:
pn yelp <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages epiphany-webkit suggests:
pn mozplugger <none> (no description available)
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