Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #244238
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 244238

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Eduardo Trápani (etrapani-gmail) wrote : Re: [Bug 244238] Re: Firefox 3.0 ignores firefox xpi language packs

If you carefully read the original report you will see that I was trying to install the Persian language pack.

The current language pack approach from Ubuntu breaks the language switcher extension and in fact reduces the choices of languages packs to those already present in Ubuntu. It's harder to develop new language packs and test them.

Why would Ubuntu cripple firefox like that? And make it difficult for users to install simple, small extensions (language .xpi packs) that render their browsers more usable?

>> I'm guessing that Ubuntu has modified firefox to use language packs from
>> APT repositories, rather than XPI files. Try "sudo aptitude install
>> firefox-locale-es-es".

Such a change, if Ubuntu made it, is a bug. It breaks things.

Eduardo.