Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:32:28 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: gecko@FreeBSD.org Subject: maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 221916] cease www/firefox-i18n dependency on old, incompatible xpi-quick-locale-switcher Message-ID: <bug-221916-21738-DxrOLdQ3i6@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-221916-21738@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-221916-21738@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> has reassigned Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org>'s request for maintainer-feedback to gecko@FreeBSD.o= rg: Bug 221916: cease www/firefox-i18n dependency on old, incompatible xpi-quick-locale-switcher https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D221916 --- Description --- Quick Locale Switcher 1.7.8.5=20 <http://www.freshports.org/www/xpi-quick-locale-switcher/>=20 apparently not updated since 2015-07-30 is=20 not compatible with modern multiprocess Firefox, e10s.=20 Working alternatives that are multiprocess-compatible include:=20 Quick Locale Switcher 2 <https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/quick-locale-switcher-2/>, which presents itself in the Tools menu > =E2=80=A6 isn't a WebExtensions addon, and I doubt it ever will be. =E2= =80=A6=20 Simple Locale Switcher <https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simple-locale-switcher/>, which presents itself as a button in the toolbar (or overflow menu). At <http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3D14759416#p14759416>; on 2017-08-07 the developer wrote:=20 > =E2=80=A6 As the availability of a WebExtensions API for it is still an=20 > uncertain thing, I will try to keep the add-on working in=20 > Nightly/Aurora while it's possible: I will update it soon. ---- Given the current choices of extensions, and the uncertainties around the transition to WebExtensions, I suggest simply:=20 * ceasing the dependency on old, incompatible xpi-quick-locale-switcher * adding a post-install message drawing attention to the choices.
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