Opt-out Chrome Hotword Shared Module

[penalvch]

This is the Ubuntu version of:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909

With upstream fix to allow disabling of the "enable_hotwording" build flag at compile time:
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=491435

It would be nice if we could disable this at build time, in turn staying in sync with Debian.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: chromium-browser 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.15.04.1.1170
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-21.21-generic 3.19.8
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-21-generic x86_64
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Date: Fri Jun 19 05:56:31 2015
Desktop-Session:
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Env:
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InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-21 (362 days ago)
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Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.6%
MachineType: LENOVO 20319
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SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-13 (98 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/14/2014
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gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n'
modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted]
mtime.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: 2015-01-26T21:00:35.859194

[Chad Miller (cmiller)]

Is this really a problem? I don't think Debian does, and I know Ubuntu doesn't ship with NaCl support, so downloading any nacl module should do nothing other than occupy a tiny fraction of disk space.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Chad Miller, thanks for the quick response.

>"Is this really a problem?"

While it wouldn't appear to be the highest priority issue for chromium-browser (why I marked Medium versus High+, although it may be bordering on Low at your discretion) given how Ubuntu wouldn't ship with NaCl support, I would still like to reclaim the disk space that was forced upon me without my consent.

>"I don't think Debian does..."

As per https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786909#46 they disable hotword, despite NaCl being disabled at build time.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

The hotwording feature was removed altogether in version 64.0.3282.119.