On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 16:49 +0100, Matej Cepl wrote:> On 2008-12-22, 23:49 GMT, William L. Maltby wrote:> > I presume this completes the triage process? Now, who reports > > I hope this bug is publicly visible> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471193
It is.
> otherwise just yes, IMHO (and it is not official statement by RH > Gecko developers) whole business of Firefox checking being > a default browser is unhappy relict of Windows browser wars and > it should be eliminated in the Linux FF altogether. I don't know > if it happens though.
Although related, the bug report itself only references warningmessages, not the destruction of the pluginreg.dat. Since that bug isseverity level of medium, and the destruction of the pluginreg.dat s/bmuch higher, IMO, I think an additional bug report is warranted. This isbecause using the "check if FF is default ..." causes loss offunctionality, which may be critical to the user.
In my case, there are $$ making-related activities that I _must_ (well,you know what's important to me is always more important than what'simportant to anyone else ;-) be able to rely upon.
So, what think ye knave? Shall we/you/I open a new bug and reference theone you referenced? That depends on if we think it will do any good. Idon't like to waste my/your/our time if the probability of some positiveresult is low.
A further possible "gotcha" exists in the gnome command setup as well.If the user selects "Custom" and references the /usr/lib/firefox-3.*instance of the browser, rather than the /usr/bin/firefox (as wouldhappen if the user just selects FF in the gnome preferences), they getthe same adverse results of trashing pluginreg.dat when a T'bird linkcauses the launch of FF. ISTM that some kind of fix to prevent thisshould also be done, or at least some warning if the /usr/lib instanceis entered in the command box. Hm, that might be asking too much though.
Repeating, IMO this is a severity greater than medium.
> > Matěj> <snip sig stuff>
Thanks for your time, interest and invaluable assistance to me inresolving this issue.
-- Bill
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