On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Martin Steigerwald <mar...@lichtvoll.de> wrote: > Hello David. > > Thanks for your effort on plasma browser integration. > > > What options are possible to distribute extensions via distro packaging? > > I ask cause I think at least for chrome / chromium you need a Google account > to use the plugin / extension store. Also it would put the extension outside > of distro security support. Therefore I mostly use xul-ext packages in Debian > as extensions for Firefox and also a new uBlock origin extension package for > chromium. > > Eventually this would need to be brought up with browser developers. I am > willing to help there by creating wishlist item / bug report. >
In Fedora, we have actually packaged an extension for Chrome[1], so it is possible to package Chrome extensions and have them work with Chromium / Chrome. If they are locally installed, Chrome will activate them, and if they require special permissions, the user will be prompted to grant them. [1]: https://src.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/fedora-user-agent-chrome.git/tree/fedora-user-agent-chrome.spec -- 真実はいつも一つ!/ Always, there's only one truth!