On 2/13/23 16:10, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 4:00 PM Kevin Kofler via devel > <devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: >> >> Neal Gompa wrote: >>> FYI, if the GTK-based Anaconda UI goes away, the KDE variants probably >>> ship a thin QtWebEngine wrapper or use Firefox instead for the >>> web-based UI. No reason to depend on WebKitGTK for this. >> >> Well, the way the Anaconda web UI is currently packaged, it hardcodes a >> requirement on a specific browser or engine. >> >> As for Firefox, it should be gone from the Spin to begin with. It is >> consistently one of the largest packages on the entire Spin and it is >> entirely redundant. QtWebEngine cannot go away (since even Plasma itself >> depends on it, but also, e.g., KMail/Kontact), so what needs to go to remove >> the duplication is clearly Firefox. >> > > We're not getting rid of Firefox. It's the premier open source > browser, well-supported and well-liked by the community, and most > things on the Internet will at least accept Firefox as a browser. It > also works on all Fedora architectures, unlike anything Chromium-based.
And is kept up to date, unlike QtWebEngine. QtWebEngine is invariably behind on security patches. I blame Google for not making embedded Chromium a first-class citizen. -- Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
