browser startpage - removing /etc/alternatives/firefox-homepage

[Charles Davis]

On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 12:38 +0100, Matthew East wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> During the cycle for Ubuntu 6.06, Ian Jackson implemented a clever
> method for firefox to use different startpages depending on which
> derivative the user has installed (i.e. ubuntu-docs, or kubuntu-docs,
> or edubuntu-docs etc). It's explained here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperFirefoxStartPageTranslation. It is based
> on the alternatives system, specifically
> /etc/alternatives/firefox-homepage and
> /etc/alternatives/firefox-homepage-locales
> 
> Since Ubuntu 8.04, firefox no longer uses these to get its startpage.
> Instead it gets that from the ubufox plugin. Derivatives will need to
> implement their own *ubufox package in order to customise the firefox
> homepage.
> 
> As a result, I'd like to remove Ian's system from the various *-docs
> packages. This would simplify the packaging a lot and have the benefit
> that we can work on a better translation toolchain for the startpage.
> 
> Having installed kubuntu-desktop on my intrepid system, I don't think
> this will cause an issue, as kubuntu doesn't seem to use these
> alternatives. Given that firefox doesn't use them anymore, I don't
> think xubuntu has an issue with this either. Epiphany never used them.
> Does anyone have any concerns about this proposal?
> 
> -- 
> Matthew East
> http://www.mdke.org
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While I'm not an expert on the subject it seems like a no brainer to me.
Removing the obsolete code from the dev branch would be a good thing.
-- 
Chuck
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