Ubuntu
mplayerplug-in package

  1. Bug #137993
  2. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 137993

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Saša Bodiroža (jazzva) wrote : Re: [Bug 137993] Re: mozilla-mplayer unnecessarily depends on gecko browsers

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:12 PM, John Vivirito <email address hidden> wrote:
> I dont see any reason why mplayer(standalone app) should depend on
> xulrunner nor browsers since it doesnt need them i think we should
> downgrade all browser deps and xulrunner depsto recommends

mplayer doesn't depend on any browser, or browser-related library.

As for the mozilla-mplayer, we could either move browser-related
Depends to Recommends, or include all browser in one OR Depends. The
latter might be a bit wrong in one extreme case:
 - new browser package, named browser-package, gets into Ubuntu archives
 - user wants to use only browser-package, which is compatible with
mozilla-mplayer
 - unfortunately, browser-package still isn't added to that OR browser
Depends, so user is forced to install some other browser, too

It is a very rare situation, but it can happen :).

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Best regards,
Saša Bodiroža