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FS#49123 - [Firefox] GTK2 as dependency still needed in Firefox 46?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Torben Andresen (tapsiturtle) - Thursday, 28 April 2016, 09:05 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Thursday, 28 April 2016, 12:21 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Hi,

the release notes say that the GTK3 integration is done so is GTK2 still an needed dependency? Or can it be an Optional dependency? https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/46.0/releasenotes/
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Thursday, 28 April 2016, 12:21 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Nothing has changed, GTK2 is still needed.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 28 April 2016, 11:17 GMT
Firefox 46 has changed the default user interface toolkit to gtk3 just like we did a few releases ago.

gtk2 is still a requirement for plugins, it could probably be switched to makedepends/optdepends though, we do the same with webkitgtk.
Comment by Torben Andresen (tapsiturtle) - Thursday, 28 April 2016, 11:48 GMT
Please switch it to makedepends/optdepends.
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Thursday, 28 April 2016, 12:19 GMT
Nope, see  FS#47398 

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