[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#989456: RFP: geckodriver - Proxy for using W3C WebDriver compatible clients to interact with Gecko-based browsers



Control: unblock 989456 by 874207 989455

On Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:03:19 +0800 Paul Wise wrote:

> Since geckodriver is part of the Firefox source code, it would be
> better to build it from the firefox and firefox-esr source packages,
> and there are already two bugs about including geckodriver this way:
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/874207
> https://bugs.debian.org/989455

The Firefox maintainer said on these two bugs that it should instead
be packaged separately, since it is available on crates.io now:

> It would be better to package it standalone.
> Nowadays, it is available on crates.io.

Here are the pages about the crate (second one needs no JS):

https://crates.io/crates/geckodriver
https://lib.rs/crates/geckodriver

Here is a link to the upstream git repository:

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/testing/geckodriver

Here is an example of how to package Rust programs:

https://blog.hackeriet.no/packaging-a-rust-project-for-debian/

-- 
bye,
pabs

https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part


Reply to: