> With Inkscape removed, perhaps we have the headroom to make IceCat > the default browser instead? You've already said that it takes up too > much room because it is packaged with redundant dependencies, but > perhaps 10 extra megabytes is a good sacrifice to make so that all of > these maintenance issues will be taken out of our hands.
With Inkscape removed we have a few free KB (not even a MB!) in the i386 iso, and the amd64 version is always bigger, so we need to go thin. Mozilla programs are composed of xulrunner and a small app on top. Xulrunner weights 8MB, and IceCat includes its own copy. No way. Abrowser is 1.6MB big, while IceCat weights 12-13MB. If someone is willing to provide a pre-packaged, stripped down version of IceCat made the Debian Way (tm), then we can serve it. Anyway, to replace the default browser it will have to meet some other criteria IceCat is not meeting by now. > "I don't know about this. Which unexpected packages came with your > updates exactly?" > > Yesterday, the update manager suggested that I install Conkerer web > browser, and I did. This browser is ultra-lightweight and solved the > prior issue I posted with IceCat not opening when I click the "About > Trisquel" icon from the Menu Bar. I think you mean konqueror, but if it was suggested then you must be using a non-standard desktop package selection. Anyway, any package providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser should make the link work, and any properly packaged web browser should provide that wrapper. _______________________________________________ Trisquel-users mailing list [email protected] http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-users
