Re: More extensions in epiphany-extensions package

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote:

> > When I install epiphany-extensions from distro packages, some 
> > interesting extensions like adblock, alt-d are not included.  1.9.6 
> > from fedora doesn't, at least.
>
> You should file a bug against that package in the Fedora bugzilla.

Indeed. Better yet, provide a improved RPM specfile. That's quite easy, 
if you can build epiphany-extensions from the command line then you can 
adjust a specfile.

Basically the problem is that the e-e package build scripts for most 
distros don't use --with-extensions=all, for various reasons. Instead 
they contain a manually specified list of to-be-built extensions. It is 
understandable that maintainers responsible for hundreds of packages 
don't always have the time to study the changelogs in great detail.

When a new epiphany-extensions release appears, the package is often 
updated without updating the list of extensions. Somebody who 
knows enough about the package should care for testing if the new 
extensions work on the distro, eventually adjust the list of required 
packages, and update the spec accordingly.

regards,

--
Reinout van Schouwen
(who looks after the epiphany-extensions specfile for Mandriva)