Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:40:11 -0800 (PST) From: "Marc van Woerkom" <marc.vanwoerkom@fernuni-hagen.de> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/63079: Maintainer update: Update www/opera-devel to 7.50 Preview 2 (20040218) Message-ID: <200402212340.i1LNeBWD084312@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/63079; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Marc van Woerkom" <marc.vanwoerkom@fernuni-hagen.de> To: avleeuwen@piwebs.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/63079: Maintainer update: Update www/opera-devel to 7.50 Preview 2 (20040218) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:31:10 +0100 On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:58:30 +0100, Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@piwebs.com> wrote: >> I would love to do that. But I have some open questions: >> >> - Does Opera adhere to some Netscape plugin spec, >> or something unique? > > Opera uses Netscape plugins, although it calls Java directly (no Netscape > plugin). What I lack is Java Applet and Java Webstart. Webstart is some external program, I don't know if it is already ported in the diabolo release. But to display an applet would need intimate cooperation with the browser, ie. some plugin, or am I wrong here? >> - Is the FreeBSD version enabled to add plugins? > > Yes, but it doesn't work on 5.x systems. Are the binary formats or libs significantly different? > See the www/linuxpluginwrapper port. Opera can only use this on 4.x. I'm > not running 4.x myself, but I've been told that you can run Flash in > Opera on 4.x Ah thanks for that hint. > For this to work on 5.x, Opera needs to do a 5.x build. This may happen > soon :). Cool. > The Opera team knows of the problems with plugins in FreeBSD, and it's > definitely on the TODO list. Where could I put in useful work? Regards, Marc
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