Ubuntu
firefox package

Please remove firefox source and related binaries

Bug #277401 reported by Scott Kitterman
262
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Unassigned
Ubuntu ubuntu-8.10

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

The firefox package in Intrepid is not supportable and should be removed. Please remove firefox source and the following binaries:

    * firefox-2
    * firefox-2-dbg
    * firefox-2-dev
    * firefox-2-dom-inspector
    * firefox-2-gnome-support
    * firefox-2-libthai

Any rdepends should be removed too and then reintroduced when they are updated for Firefox 3.

Scott Kitterman (kitterman)
Changed in firefox:
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.10
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Is there a plan too for the 471 bug reports against this package?

Revision history for this message
Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Re: [Bug 277401] Re: Please remove firefox source and related binaries

Any that are relevant to firefox-3.0 should be moved to that package. The
rest should be closed.

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

2008-10-13 07:58:41 INFO Removing candidates:
2008-10-13 07:58:41 INFO firefox 2.0.0.15+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 in intrepid
2008-10-13 07:58:41 INFO Removed-by: Martin Pitt
2008-10-13 07:58:41 INFO Comment: not supportable any more, superseded by firefox-3.0
2008-10-13 07:58:41 INFO 1 package successfully removed.

Changed in firefox:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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