cvs commit: ports/www/firefox Makefile distinfo pkg-descrpkg-message mozconfig.in patch-Double.cpp patch-build_unix_run-mozilla

Richard Coleman richardcoleman at mindspring.com
Sat Feb 14 02:51:02 PST 2004


Eivind Eklund wrote:

> At least 99% of the people that still run 4.6 and want to run firefox
> will already have REINPLACE installed.  The argument for "less
> dependencies" is thus for an extreme minority case, and it is IMO not
> one we should take particular care for anyway.  We *want* people to
> upgrade, so the net avoids exposure to old versions etc.
> 
> My advice: Just accept the use of perl as a mistake, fix it, and move
> on.
> 
> Eivind.

And we could be fretting over an empty set.  I'm wondering if anyone 
that is running 4.6 as their base would upload a bleeding edge browser 
(regardless of its stability).  I doubt there are many.

Richard Coleman
richardcoleman at mindspring.com

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