firefox, chromium-browser are not merely a transitional packages
Bug #2061075 reported by
Nathan Teodosio
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
|
Nathan Teodosio | ||
| firefox (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
They not only install the corresponding snap but also at least have some hooks to update-alternatives and also provide www-browser, x-www-browser, gnome-www-browser. As such, removing the package might result in installation of something preposterous such as wslu to satisfy such a meta-package dependency, as reported in LP:2060898.
The packages' description might lead one to remove them expecting no side effects:
> Description-en: Transitional package - firefox -> firefox snap
> This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
> .
> firefox is now replaced by the firefox snap.
So I suggest we change it.
| description: | updated |
Revision history for this message
| Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote | #2 |
| tags: | added: patch |
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