Bug#570579: xulrunner: please reconsider recommends for GNOME packages

[Frans Pop]

On Monday 22 February 2010, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 06:47:44AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> > I guess for the icon issue you mean #561902? I don't see any problem
> > with the search engine dropdown list without libgnomeui-0 installed
> > under KDE.
>
> No, I mean a different issue. #561902 only requires gtk. But I can still
> be wrong, there is maybe no issue. The code linked from #555162 looks
> like it is used for moz-icon:// urls, which, in turn, are heavily used
> in the default theme.

If I look at the code the BR refers to, then that looks to be protected by 
tests to see if it is running in a Gnome environment: if it's there it's 
used, if not, no problem.

I see no reason for a dependency from that, but I may be wrong.

> > Can't tell about external handlers without knowing what exactly to
> > try.
>
> Edit > Preferences > Applications, opening a downloaded file, opening
> a downloaded file containing folder, etc.

I tested it for mailto:
I was asked what application to use. kmail was not listed, so I added it 
and told it to remember that. After that iceweasel perfectly opened 
kmail's composer for me every time.

I also tried downloading a .deb, which did not yet have a handler. In the 
open/save file dialog I told it to open .deb files with kpackage and to 
remember that setting. Works fine.
If I don't tell it to remember the setting, it will show the open with/save 
as dialog again.

I've checked against iceweasel 3.06 and that works identically.