tag 272069 wontfix severity 272069 wishlist stop On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> Package: apache > Version: 1.3.31-6 > Severity: important > > #269009's usage of www-browser instead of lynx raised a new problem: Not > all www-browser alternatives do support -dump. This is a browser problem. Almost all the www-browsers support -dump. I fail to see why it is an apache problem to work around it. A package that offers an alternative should be capable to provide all the basic options as the others. > netrik e.g. does need > --dump. Switching to --dump on the other hand would make w3m getting > problems. I don't know for other browsers that do the www-browser > alternative like (e)links, lynx supports both. Well one of the 2 will have to switch. I am not dealing to implements 20 different exceptions because of this. > This needs to be addressed soon and should IMHO definitely go into > sarge. What a clean solution is I don't really now. It would be great if > w3m supports GNU-style options, but I don't think that that is going to > happen soon. I am leaving this bug open, but i don't believe it is our job to fix it so for me it's a wishlist that i wontfix. If you have valid arguments, I am wide open for discussion (that's why i am not closing it), but to me looks like an inconsistency between www-browsers that needs to be solved there. Fabio -- <user> fajita: step one <fajita> Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log. <user> fajita: step two <fajita> When in danger or in doubt, step two is to scream and shout.
