From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ERcO9-0007HA-LT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:19:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9HLGOJq008388; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:16:24 GMT Received: from smtp04.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (smtp.nuvox.net [64.89.70.9]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9HLCuJ4019507 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:12:56 GMT Received: from cgianelloni.nuvox.net (216.215.202.4.nw.nuvox.net [216.215.202.4]) by smtp04.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j9HLF0S8030118 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:15:00 -0400 Received: by cgianelloni.nuvox.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:14:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] browserplugin vs. nsplugin From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <43540EF5.8010105@gentoo.org> References: <200507131158.14125.mail@hboeck.de> <43540EF5.8010105@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-AwYzdt3Kto5XZasNwEYr" Organization: Gentoo Linux Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:14:58 -0400 Message-Id: <1129583699.8881.193.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 X-Archives-Salt: b3c67dcc-b1aa-401b-80f7-d1606f762973 X-Archives-Hash: 8f90a84f9b26ec792bb0aeb7befc8c63 --=-AwYzdt3Kto5XZasNwEYr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 22:52 +0200, dju` wrote: > Hanno B=C3=B6ck wrote: > > Before this discussion sleeps, what should be the conclusion? > > For now, the situation in the tree is : > > - java-stuff uses browserplugin > > - acroread uses noplugin > > - helixplayer/realplayer/vlc/gxine/djvu use nsplugin >=20 > Probably a silly question, but why choose nsplugin over browserplugin?=20 > Aren't there any package that might provide plugins for=20 > non-netscape-based browsers? Actually, I think it is plugin-compatible with netscape, not necessarily netscape-based. For example, Konquerer can use the same plugins. At any rate, it is probably best to think about this now, hence using nsplugin, rather than later, when whiz-bang $browser comes out that has its own plugin interface. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead x86 Architecture Team Games - Developer Gentoo Linux --=-AwYzdt3Kto5XZasNwEYr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDVBRSkT4lNIS36YERArzNAJ9JrdCqHhtD0vEjV+zzfgj2EM1ckgCeIJF3 TJt8vI9FsYM3pK/Z85BmBSE= =J1JA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-AwYzdt3Kto5XZasNwEYr-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list