Re: sense of packaging firefox' addons?

[Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak redhat com>]

On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 21:35 +0100, Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I saw Ubuntu is puting Firefox' addons to repo.
> 
> I wonder why, while Firefox has now integrated search for addons and 
> better addons site is planned...
> 
> I don't think we should package extensions, but what do you think about 
> that situation in U?

Packaging addons makes perfect sense. As much as does packaging CPAN
modules. You get benefits of a good packaging and update system with
that. Obvious examples are ability to put the addon into repository and
add it to your kickstart, or stay up-to date with security fixes.

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Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team)