Re: Removal of "firefox3-bin" package

To: Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: Removal of "firefox3-bin" package
From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:10:17 -0400

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:37:16 -0400
Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost> wrote:
> >> Why is firefox so special that pkgsrc provides a binary source package for
> >> it?
> 
> I think partly because it's huge (like openoffice but not as bad), and
> partly to enable using linux plugins on NetBSD.

I use Linux plugins in straight Firefox.

-- 
D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy%NetBSD.org@localhost>
http://www.NetBSD.org/

References:
- Removal of "firefox3-bin" package
  - From: Mike Pelley
- Re: Removal of "firefox3-bin" package
  - From: Greg Troxel
- Re: Removal of "firefox3-bin" package
  - From: Jared D. McNeill
- Re: Removal of "firefox3-bin" package
  - From: Mike Pelley
- Re: Removal of "firefox3-bin" package
  - From: Greg Troxel

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