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eclipse-platform unnecessarily requires firefox

Bug #191586 reported by aaron andersen
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Nominated for Karmic by Zorael

Bug Description

Binary package hint: eclipse-platform

The epiphany-gecko package does NOT depend on firefox (whereas epiphany prior to hardy always required firefox to install).

In Gutsy eclipse-platform added firefox as a dependency

eclipse (3.2.2-3ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * In debian/control and debian/rules change from xulrunner to firefox
  * Set distribution name to Ubuntu in debian/rules
  * Change maintainer to MOTU in debian/control.in and debian/control

 -- Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:14:26 -0400

Since epiphany no longer necessarily depends on firefox I think that firefox should be removed as a dependency. I want to install eclipse, but I don't want to install firefox (I prefer epiphany-gecko).

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/eclipse
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aaron andersen (aaron-r-andersen) wrote :

Sorry this was my first bug report and I didn't include the mandatory information. Here it is:

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'cat /etc/lsb-release' or System -> About Ubuntu.
cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'dpkg -l PKGNAME | cat' or by checking in Synaptic.
eclipse-platform 3.2.2-4ubuntu1

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Bruce Cowan (bruce89-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Evidently Eclipse needs to build depend on XULRunner 1.9.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package eclipse - 3.2.2-5ubuntu1

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eclipse (3.2.2-5ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  [ Flávio Martins ]
  * Merge from Debian unstable. Remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - Change maintainer to MOTU in debian/control.in and debian/control
    - Regenerated debian/control for Ubuntu.
  * Build-depend on libxul-dev instead of firefox-dev. Closes LP: #191586
  * Closes LP: #183137 LP: #67858

  [ Emilio Pozuelo Monfort ]
  * debian/control{.in}:
    - Move eclipse-source from eclipse's Depends to Suggests. LP: #67862
  * Commented out icedtea in debian/extra/java_home, since it doesn't work
    and makes eclipse not start if the user has icedtea installed.

 -- Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <email address hidden> Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:40:56 +0100

Changed in eclipse:
status: New → Fix Released
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Zorael (zorael) wrote :

This seems to have been resurrected in Karmic and 3.4.1-0ubuntu2.

       $ apt-cache depends eclipse-platform | grep firefox
         Depends: firefox

Also at http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/eclipse-platform;

       dep: firefox (>= 1.4.99)
           meta package for the popular mozilla web browser
           also a virtual package provided by abrowser

I understand Eclipse needs xulrunner as a build dependency (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/191586/comments/2), but I really doubt the app itself does.

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Zorael (zorael) wrote :

Um, managed to nominate it, which was not my intention. Apologies.

Zorael (zorael)
Changed in eclipse (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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Rockwalrus (rockwalrus) wrote :

Xulrunner is required for help, Mylyn, viewing .html pages in your project, and anything else that uses the swt html widget.

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Niels Thykier (niels-thykier) wrote :

Firefox is not a dependency of eclipse 3.4.1-1 and thus this bug should be fixed.

~Niels

Changed in eclipse (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Rockwalrus (rockwalrus) wrote :

Given that Eclipse has an "external browser" option for showing help, we might want to investigate which browsers it can use for that and add them as a Suggests: item.

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