Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 04:27:58 -0500 (EST) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: "Scott R." <reverend@sfmidimafia.com>, Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org>, "Scott A. Moberly" <smoberly@karamazov.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netscape 7.02? Message-ID: <20030320040239.Q15655@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <46898.65.221.169.187.1048100277.squirrel@mail.karamazov.org> References: <3E78B6F0.5040505@sfmidimafia.com> <46898.65.221.169.187.1048100277.squirrel@mail.karamazov.org>
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Scott R. wrote: > If Netscape 7 is not going to be actively > maintained, does anyone have recommendations for a browser that I can > use instead that *will* do everything (including handling Flash, java > and audio and video plugins)? These all share common code with Netscape Communicator: - ports/www/linux-mozilla - ports/www/linux-phoenix - ports/www/linux-beonex (though this should be marked FORBIDDEN just now) Phoenix is faster and has fewer features than Netscape; Beonex has improvements to privacy and security. Scott A. Moberly wrote: > This combination usually handles everything: > > /usr/ports/www/flashpluginwrapper > /usr/ports/java/jdk13 or /usr/ports/java/jdk14 > /usr/ports/www/mozilla > /usr/ports/www/plugger I don't use these myself, but it looks reasonable. > The maintainer is loathe to update it because the existing port took a > lot of hacking to get into shape for our ports collection, and > subsequent releases didn't have all the parts in one place, making it a > lot more difficult to update. (At least that's my understanding.) I had an update of the English-language port from 7.0 to 7.01 ready, but when I tested it I found that it still had the "forward referrer" bug. I would have kept it FORBIDDEN because of that. I also noticed that AIM had become mandatory and that Java was no longer available from the same place, but the main reason I didn't update it was that the "forward referrer" bug remained. Lately I've been distracted by other things so I haven't looked at Netscape 7.02 yet. The release notes are utterly vague: <URL:http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/ns7/relnotes/7.html>. If there's a distinct reason why you can use 7.02 but not 7.0, please let me know and I will give it greater priority. -- Trevor Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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