Bug#682481: gnome-shell: epiphany shouldn't be the default browser

[Nico Golde]

Hi,
* Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org> [2012-07-23 11:22]:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:55:49 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> 
> > Le lundi 23 juillet 2012 à 10:46 +0200, Julien Cristau a écrit : 
> > > Package: gnome-shell
> > > Version: 3.4.1-8
> > > Severity: serious
> > > 
> > > The default browser should be one that has at least vaguely credible
> > > security support, IMO.  epiphany doesn't qualify, chromium or iceweasel
> > > probably would.
> > 
> > As explained on IRC, they would if at the *very least* they supported
> > GTK3.
> > 
> I don't think "doesn't support gtk3" can be more of a blocker than "has
> 0 security support".  I agree it's not ideal, but it doesn't seem
> there's much of a choice.

FWIW, I do support Julien's request to change this. Without going into detail 
why I think that security should have priority here, why is gtk3 support even 
an issue? Can you explain this a little further?

Cheers
Nico
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