Re: plug-ins
Leo Verhoeff wrote:
> Aren't there fully free alternatives available that could be pre-configured?
In some cases, maybe. Unfortunately, there is sometimes resistance
to making the default a free competitor when the original was non-free,
because there is often a lag before it meets and exceeds the original's
feature set.
With java, it's actually trying to hit a moving target. Many developers
of java programs seem to use all the latest tricks of Sun's version
pretty soon after they first appear, even when it's not quite what
the spec said. It amazes me that free java implementations have got so
far. Now we are at the nice place when "apt-get install java-runtime"
says helpful things on main-only systems.
If yours is the general view (make a free alternative findable), then
more people expressing it might persuade debian to use "provides"
for other things:
http://www.uk.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-virtual_pkg
or maybe it will prompt creation of a mozplugin policy.
So, two new suggestions: java-mozplugin and flash-mozplugin. What else?
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MJR/slef
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