"Piotr Dziubinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no longer firefox in debian etch, so after typing: > apt-get install firefox > I would like to see announcement: Firefox packages are no longer present in > debian distribution, please try iceweasel. > > Do you see a difference?
Yes. Just printing an announcement like that would be a bug in two ways: scripts couldn't parse it and it doesn't explain why Firefox isn't there (MozCorp's copyright+trademark pincer tactic). At present, it says: The following extra packages will be installed: iceweasel I've suggested that iceweasel provides+conflicts+replaces firefox, which AFAICT would instead produce the output: Note, selecting iceweasel instead of firefox [...other stuff about packages...] Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Would that be better, in your opinion? I don't know if it's possible. I think that would require ftpmaster assistance (because it makes firefox a virtual package as I understand it and the previous firefox*deb files may need to be deleted), it may make other tools say even more inaccurate things about the firefox-iceweasel relationship and I don't know whether it would give a smooth upgrade like the near-empty transition package. (From http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/12/msg00111.html ) Regards, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]