Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:30:05 +0200 From: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve Wills <swills@FreeBSD.org> Cc: gecko@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Firefox and GTK2 Message-ID: <y31m-acgi-wny@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <7536c5cf-f8a0-fe5c-661f-b7909b9d57aa@FreeBSD.org> (Steve Wills's message of "Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:49:23 -0400") References: <7536c5cf-f8a0-fe5c-661f-b7909b9d57aa@FreeBSD.org>
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(CC'ing public list. See http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#noprivate ) Steve Wills <swills@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Hey, > > Just wondering, is there any way to avoid Firefox depending on gtk2? > > Thanks, > Steve No. Gtk2 is required for Adobe Flash (NPAPI) support[1]. --disable-npapi is unlikely[2] due to extra maintenance cost unless tested together[3] with other --disable-* options. Current www/firefox still supports www/flashplayer (confirmed myself) despite confusion[4]. According to upstream (linked in bug 1455897) it will stop around Firefox 73.0 if not postponed until after ESR76. [1] https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=gtk2 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1455897 [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1377445 [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1371159 [4] https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/flashplayer-in-recent-www-firefox.65810/
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