Comment 98 for bug 162993

(In reply to comment #95)
> (In reply to comment #93)
> Finally, searching for the term "gnomeui" at mxr.mozilla.org I got aware that
> the build time dependency on libgnomeui up to now seemed to be only necessary
> to get the icondecoder built. Thus, it appears that after Micheal's patch the
> libgnomeui dependency could be completely removed from the code (if building
> the icondecoder with libgnomeui in favor over without libgnomeui doesn't have
> additional advantages I don't see).

libgnomeui is needed for file type icons, for example the icons in the download manager. We also need it for the object types that are used in the icon code. Its just that after this patch, they're completely optional like in Firefox 2.