gecko-mediaplayer depends on firefox metapackage
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gecko-mediaplayer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Hardy |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gecko-mediaplayer
Hello,
Package gecko-mediaplayer in hardy depends on firefox metapackage, which is pointing to the latest firefox package (currently firefox-3.0). This has a negative impact on users that only want to use firefox-2, and don't want to install firefox-3.0. If they install gecko-mediaplayer, they are forced into installing firefox-3.0 package.
TEST CASE: Remove firefox-3.0, iceape-browser, epiphany-browser, galeon, midbrowser, xulrunner and xulrunner-1.9 package (current gecko-mediaplayer browser dependencies), and install firefox-2 package. Try installing gecko-mediaplayer. It will also install the firefox-3.0 package.
This bug has been addressed in the current development branch, by applying the mentioned change. It has been done as a part of update to the new upstream version. Please see bug #229335 [1].
The firefox dependency should be changed to firefox-3.0 | firefox-2. As this is a small change to the packaging, it has no regression potential. In the case of firefox dep, it would look for firefox-3.0 package. In the case of firefox-3.0 | firefox-2, it would still look for firefox-3.0, and in case it is not installed, it would look for firefox-2.
Changed in gecko-mediaplayer: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in gecko-mediaplayer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Incomplete |
Changed in gecko-mediaplayer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
Diff with improved changelog entry.