Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:43:38 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mozilla metaport ??? [was:] view postscript files from mozilla? Message-ID: <20031201064338.GA46410@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20031201064836.M1722@pukruppa.net> References: <20031130063331.Q1722@pukruppa.net> <1070174622.68747.157.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20031201064836.M1722@pukruppa.net>
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On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 07:03:01AM +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > I just wondered, if it would make sense to create some kind of > mozilla metaport (could be called FBSD-mozilla or gnome-mozilla), > that sets up all known plugins, wrappers, fonts - perhaps also > languages and some themes - automagically. > > Thus the naive user - like me - could install a fully qualified > and state-of-the-art browser without having to experiment with > different kinds of mozilla with and without linux, jdk's and so > on. > I'd sure buy into this! After spending hours fumbling around with linux-jdk ... . (*mumble*) It's probably the porters wsho understand what fits with what and could best put together this kind of metaport. echo to stdout things like: "THIS will not work with THAT because of x, y, z". Or refuse (unless -f [forced) to portupgrade quasi-stable versions of linujx-mozilla-devel to non-stable alpha versions. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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