Debian galeon packages
[Context:
Debian mozilla package is now compiled with gtk2. galeon1 does not
support gtk2. galeon2 does but has not been officially released as
stable.
I have suggested that since galeon2 is now quite stable we should put
galeon2 into the Debian galeon package (for the Unstable distribution).
A similar thing was done for gnome before it was released.
Debian galeon package has over 140 bugs which will never get fixed in
galeon1 - there are not enough people working on it. Most of these are
resolved in galeon2.
]
On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 19:21, Petter Sundlöf wrote:
> Hello. This bug report is a request that Galeon 1.2.x should be kept in
> unstable. This could be done by making a Mozilla package that is
> compiled with the GTK1 toolkit.
> Just recently Galeon 1.2.9 was released, to fix compatibility with the
> latest Mozilla. This proves that there is still some maintaining done
> for Galeon 1.2.x.
As far as I know, the only maintenance which is taking place has been
supporting the latest stable mozilla api. This does not mean that any
bugs are getting fixed. Hopefully someone on the galeon-devel list will
be able to clarify this.
> A far amount of people still prefer Galeon 1.2.x to galeon-snapshot.
> For various reasons: better configurability,
"better configurability" tells me nothing so may as well not be there.
> image blocking, better tab
> handling and better smart bookmarks (especially with regards to
> international characters) and far superior session management.
Please give further details than "better" and "far superior".
In terms of session management, there has been discussion on this
recently in the galeon-devel mailing list. I think the conclusion was
that nobody really knew what the best thing to do was - your input would
probably be welcome.
> My idea is to remake the Mozilla 1.3 package compiled for GTK1.
I need further opinions on this. My personal opinion is that this should
not be done.
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