Ubuntu
ubufox package

  1. Bug #123713
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 123713

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Loye Young (loyeyoung) wrote : Re: package description needs rewrite

The description still doesn't describe what ubufox does. You've said it changes firefox configuration, but that's no help. I've been asked about this package, but I don't have a good explanation for what the package does or whether the package is needed or not, because it is not documented at all (which is another bug that needs reporting).

1. After reading the description, the user is left with no idea about what "specific configuration defaults" are being changed. As one user remarked, "If they know what the 'specifics' are, why don't they just tell us?"

2. "apt support for firefox plugins / extensions" is meaningless to someone who doesn't already know what ubufox does. It is also a bit misleading because apturl requires gnome-app-install and synaptic. Users of adept, dpkg-www, aptitude, or other apt frontends will not receive "apt support".

3. It is ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT to note in the description that ubufox depends on GNOME (via the dependency on apturl). The phrase "ubuntu specific" is not sufficiently descriptive because "ubuntu" is an ambiguous term: sometimes it means the GNOME desktop, and sometimes it means the superset distribution of all the *buntu flavors.

Happy Trails,

Loye Young
Isaac & Young Computer Company
Laredo, Texas
http://www.iycc.biz