Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:07:40 +0200 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: xpi-* broken since firefox-22 Message-ID: <521B450C.6030606@bsdforen.de>
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I don't know whether that's a general problem or just affects me, but since Firefox 22 the xpi-* ports don't work for me any more. I.e. they install just fine, but firefox doesn't pick them up. I'm a huge fan of "everything goes into the package system" and I am convinced plugin systems and automatic updates are just hacks that wouldn't even exist if Windows had a package system. But there simply are too many firefox addons and I think before anything gets fixed it's time to put down some hard rule for plugin/addon kind of stuff. My suggestion is the following: Any plugin/addon may be added to the ports collection if one or more of the following conditions are met: - The plugin/addon builds/contains native code - The plugin/addon is a dependency of another port - The plugin/addon improves the integration with the base system, .e.g. it adds support for common environment variables like LANG, HTTP_PROXY or TZ -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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