[Foresight-devel] Re: x86 or x86_64 firefox...

Jonathan Smith smithj at foresightlinux.org
Fri Feb 1 16:37:33 EST 2008


António Meireles wrote:
> Tricky at best, *if* we move to x86 based browser _then_ we should move
> both ffox and epiphany.
> having some things working in one browser and not the other is not
> desirable IMHO (as browser
> selection is a matter of taste)

Which brings up a new topic. Why the @($&% do we have two browsers? 
Since our goal is to Just Work, and it is clear that Firefox better 
suits that goal (any honest assessment shows that ffox has a market 
share orders of magnitude higher than epiphany, which is usually not 
even listed), why not just keep epiphany in the repo and not install by 
default? If the hardcore GNOME guys fuss too much, you could create a 
GNOME-only spin (which would also replace gaim with the other thing, and 
so on), and a "default" spin which includes the most popular stuff.

Or, the "GNOME spin" could simply be the Developer's Kit.

The point is, we shouldn't have two browsers.

	smithj



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