Firefox Browser Installer must be removed after it's installed

[Giuseppe Pennisi]

Binary package hint: kubuntu-firefox-installer

I think that the kubuntu-firefox-installer icon must be removed after it's installed or moved in System (or other section), because after installing can muddle the user and to have little consistency.

My idea, but is IMHO, is move the icon-installer to System section and link it in My Favorites (or always in Internet). After Firerefox is benn installed remove the icon from My Favorites (or Internet) but leaves in System.

giuseppe

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 30 17:04:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kubuntu-firefox-installer 0.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=it_IT:it:en_GB:en
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.23-generic
SourcePackage: kubuntu-firefox-installer
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64

[Ludwin Janvier (lud-janvier)]

Or maybe simply tag kubuntu-firefox-installer's package to conflict with firefox*

[tbjablin (tjablin)]

kubuntu-desktop should recommend (kubuntu-firefox-installer | firefox) and kubuntu-firefox-installer and firefox should conflict.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Will be resolved for 10.04.

Implemetion details:
* kfi should have it's desktop file named firefox.desktop
* the firefox package (also shipping firefox.desktop) should be marked Replaces kfi
* when firefox gets installed the kfi desktop file will be overwritten, when uninstalled the kfi desktop file should re-appear making it possible to install firefox again via the installer

Additional considerations:
* kdesudo probably finds desktop file by command name, so we need to enhance kdesudo to accept a desktop file as argument (such as gksu does already)
* when changing the desktop file name, the translation domain also needs to be renamed
* changes must not make the system uninstall firefox upon upgrade

[Giuseppe Pennisi (giupenni78)]

@Harald Sitter: You have explained exactly the my questions. I agree with you. Unfortunately can not implemented fo 9.10.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Fix released to lucid.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

micah, just adding the replaces to firefox-branding on kubuntu-firefox-installer should fix this. please add to 3.6 and 3.7 branches.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

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firefox (3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Alexander Sack <email address hidden> ]
  * fix firefox-3.5-gnome-support transitional package typo; depend
    on firefox-gnome-support instead of firefox-3.5-gnome-support
    - update debian/control

  [ Michael Vogt <email address hidden> ]
  * add missing Replace: firefox-3.0 for the firefox-branding package
    (LP: #518747). This fixes a upgrade issues from hardy to lucid.
    - update debian/control

  [ Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> ]
  * debian/firefox.postinst.in:
    - remove AppArmor profile from dailies on upgrades (LP: #512470)
    - remove extraneous -T -W from apparmor_parser
    - check for disabled profile ourselves, since apparmor_parser on Ubuntu
      9.04 and earlier didn't honor the disable/ directory
  * debian/firefox.preinst.in: unconditionally disable the AppArmor profile
    on Ubuntu 9.04 and earlier, since it requires abstractions found only
    in 9.10
  * debian/control: have firefox Depends on lsb-release (needed in preinst)
  * debian/usr.bin.firefox.apparmor.in:
    - adjustments in rules for name change (LP: #513160)
    - allow /usr/bin/tr

  [ Micah Gersten <email address hidden> ]
  * Add replaces to firefox-branding on kubuntu-firefox-installer (LP: #439431)
    - update debian/control
  * Add firefox 3 transitional packages and Replaces/Provides/Conflicts
    (LP: #513074)
    - update debian/control
  * Don't install firefox.xml for adding entries to
    gnome-default-applications-properties (LP: #519606)
    - update debian/control
  * Update rosetta template name to firefox-3.6
    - update debian/translation-support/install.rdf.in
  * Update EM_TRANSLATION variables for firefox 3.6
    - update debian/rules
 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:52:12 -0600