This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
== Summary == Firefox langpacks, which have been bundled in the Fedora firefox base package until now, will be moved to a firefox-langpacks subpackage. == Owner == * Name: [[User:Petersen| Jens Petersen]] * Email: <peter...@redhat.com> * Name: [[User:Stransky| Martin Stransky]] * Email: <mstran...@redhat.com> == Detailed Description == The firefox packages carries many langpacks containing translations and other localization data for different countries and languages. This Change will move them to a separate subpackage pulled in as a weak dependency by the base package. == Feedback == Initial discussion: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035178 == Benefit to Fedora == This makes Fedora a little more modular: going forward it will be possible to install firefox without having to have all the langpacks installed too. == Scope == * Proposal owners: ** Update Rawhide firefox to add the langpacks subpackage ([https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/firefox/pull-request/43 PR]) * Other developers: none * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/10858 #10858] * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change) * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) == Upgrade/compatibility impact == When upgrading to Fedora 37, firefox's new weak dependency will pull in the firefox-langpacks subpackage, so users should not experience any change by default. == How To Test == * install firefox and check that firefox-langpacks gets pulled in * test that firefox's langpacks are functioning normally * test upgrade from F36 to F37 and ensure that the firefox-langpacks subpackage gets installed. == User Experience == Users will have a new firefox-langpacks subpackage installed by default. If they don't require localization they can remove it and benefit from lighter firefox updates and save about 50MB of diskspace. == Dependencies == None == Contingency Plan == * Contingency mechanism: proposal owners will revert firefox.spec to not subpackage langpacks * Contingency deadline: before final freeze * Blocks release? No == Documentation == None == Release Notes == Firefox's langpacks have been moved to a subpackage for greater install flexibility. -- Vipul Siddharth He/His/Him FPgM team member _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list -- devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-announce-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-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
