Re: [Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-06-28 Thread John Vivirito
Benjamin Drung wrote: htmlvalidator depends on tidy (written in C) and opensp (written in C++) and therefore it is not platform independent. So you need a xpi file for every platform. Therefore it is very useful to have an Ubuntu package. The original source package has to be included into

Re: [Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-06-28 Thread John Vivirito
Alexander Sack wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 03:28:52PM -, Benjamin Drung wrote: htmlvalidator depends on tidy (written in C) and opensp (written in C++) and therefore it is not platform independent. So you need a xpi file for every platform. Therefore it is very useful to have an Ubuntu

Re: [Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-06-27 Thread John Vivirito
Brian Murray wrote: It'd be helpful if you were to do some research into this extension and add information about its license etcetera to the wiki page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions. It should belong in either the needs maintainter table or the missing details if

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-06-27 Thread John Vivirito
I will look into the depends while im at it today. Some extensions we wont and/or cant maintain, this is why we have https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions so people can see why it cant be or even what progress is. -- [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-06-27 Thread John Vivirito
Pander can you please add the info needed on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions before i look at it just incase something else doesnt meet requirements ** Changed in: firefox-extensions Importance: Undecided = Wishlist Status: New = Incomplete -- [needs-packaging]

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-06-27 Thread Benjamin Drung
htmlvalidator depends on tidy (written in C) and opensp (written in C++) and therefore it is not platform independent. So you need a xpi file for every platform. Therefore it is very useful to have an Ubuntu package. The original source package has to be included into the Firefox build process.

Re: [Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-06-27 Thread Alexander Sack
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 03:28:52PM -, Benjamin Drung wrote: htmlvalidator depends on tidy (written in C) and opensp (written in C++) and therefore it is not platform independent. So you need a xpi file for every platform. Therefore it is very useful to have an Ubuntu package. Yes, I

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-06-26 Thread Brian Murray
It'd be helpful if you were to do some research into this extension and add information about its license etcetera to the wiki page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions. It should belong in either the needs maintainter table or the missing details if someone needs to do

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-05-17 Thread revford
The xpi from the developer's site required me to install libstdc++5 and libxul-dev to get it working. -- [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2008-04-13 Thread Andrea Chiavazza
The xpi file from the official site (0.846 at present) is linked with obsolete libraries. On Hardy beta it requires me to have installed for this purpose alone the 2 packages libstdc++5 gcc-3.3-base A packaged version could be compiled with libstdc++6 and remove these dependencies. --

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2007-08-10 Thread Justin M. Wray
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: New = Confirmed -- [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2007-08-10 Thread Siegfried Gevatter \(RainCT\)
** Changed in: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided = Wishlist ** Tags added: needs-packaging -- [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2007-08-10 Thread Justin M. Wray
Why would we want to package this package and place it in the repositories, when you simply goto the site from Firefox, and install the file? Thanks, Justin M. Wray -- [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131538 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2007-08-10 Thread Justin M. Wray
I should comment, this is only a question and in no form an official response to such a request. As Ubuntu has plenty of Firefox addons within the repositories. I just wanted to get your perspective on how this is helpful? Firefox does the following already: * Easy and secure install of addons

[Bug 131538] Re: [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator

2007-08-10 Thread Pander
Hi Justin, Thanks for having confirmed this bug. Advantage of packaging Firefox addons as Ubuntu packages is that you can install them (and manage upgrades) for an entire system and for all users at once. Also when users are not allowed to install addons this is a better way to manage them