From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 20 19:47:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0210B16A4CE; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:47:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 212.106.237.41.adsl.jazztel.es (212.106.237.41.adsl.jazztel.es [212.106.237.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFDDD43D41; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:47:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es) Received: from redesjm.local (orion.redesjm.local [192.168.254.16]) j1KJlo2s002771; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:47:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by redesjm.local (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j1KJmiIj000803; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:48:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.redesjm.local: freebsd set sender to josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es using -f From: Jose M Rodriguez To: Joe Marcus Clarke Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:48:44 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <200502201041.22259.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> <1108921909.36569.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1108921909.36569.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200502202048.44571.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir Milter (version: 1.1.0-3; AVE: 6.29.0.8; VDF: 6.29.0.100; host: antares.redesjm.local) cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: use of firefox as 5.4 default web browser X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:47:54 -0000 El Domingo, 20 de Febrero de 2005 18:51, Joe Marcus Clarke escribi=F3: > On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 10:41 +0100, Jose M Rodriguez wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm very glad of firefox use over FreeBSD, and think that, after > > firefox-1.0.1 and merge of urihelper patches from mozilla, is a > > good candidate for a 'FreeBSD default graphics web browser'. > > > > So, I open this trying to get epiphany moved from gnome2-lite to > > gnome2, and firefox, al last, in FreeBSD-5.4 disc1. I'll be also > > glad to get some note on release notes about that. > > Firefox will never be made part of the GNOME desktop unless Epiphany > starts to use Firefox as its default Gecko browser (or GNOME chooses > to make Firefox its default browser). > I'm not talking about make firefox part of gnome desktop. I think that=20 the web browser of a gnome desktop must be epiphany, as konqueror must=20 do the same role for kde. I only talking about features/size advantage of firefox againts the=20 mozilla+epiphany duo now in disc1 I see most of our gnome/kde user do network installs. Also, we may include firefox for amd64. We aren't doing the same for=20 epipahny. If mozilla+epiphany+firefox will fit on disc1, great. But if not, my=20 chance is for firefox. > However, since the separation of disc1-gnome and disc1-kde, it may be > possible to get Firefox added as an additional browser choice. > > Joe > =2D- josemi