Epiphany depends on Firefox?

netkid91 ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Thu Apr 20 22:27:30 UTC 2006


Uhmm...Pardon my arrogance...But actually needing Gecko is a PERFECT
reason to require Firefox.  This is simply because the Firefox package
includes the XPCOM components and the Gecko engine, and because
Epiphany is dynamically linked against Gecko.  Now, once you get off of
your high-horse you should realise something, Epiphany, in essence, is
just a GNOME-ified version of Firefox with a full GTK(no XUL) UI, and
full GNOME support(save current session, etc.).  In fact, if you 'read
the Ubuntu Wiki' (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion) it says
that removing the Firefox package will break anything that depends on
Gecko, don't ask why, it's just the way it is.  Get over it...


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netkid91




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