Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages

[antitux@netscape.com (John Dee)]

WHOA!!
okay, we're going off on a tangent here.
I don't want to make netscape 6 the DEFAULT BROWSER,
I want to make netscpae 6.2.2 the DEFAULT BROWSER FOR NETSCAPE PRODUCTS.
hence, if you did `emerge netscape`, or `emerge netscape-browser` it'd 
install netscape 6.2.2.

I've talked to jnelson on irc.
We pretty much came to the same conclusion that it's not that bad of an 
idea, and extremely possible.
What would happen, is that netscape communicator 4.x would have the 
binary renamed netscape-communicator
while netscape navigator 4.x would be renamed netscape-navigator
then when you typed `netscape`, the browser that came up would be 
netscape 6.2.2.
The only problem is the installer. It's evil. There's really no way to 
work around it though.
about the only thing you can pull out and install manually (non-gui) is 
the JRE.
I by no means want to replace konqueror, or mozilla, or galeon, or light 
(my personal favorite browser).
is this clearer?

Quite frankly, I don't care what browser you use. I wish there were a 
hundred browsers out there, and they were all standards compliant. 
Unfortunately, in the real world, that's not gonna happen.


Thilo Bangert wrote:

(*SNIP*)
> huh - am i awaking from a dream?
> i thought this is what portage is all about - there is no default.
> 
> gees, all users even have to decide what system logger they'll use -
> i'm pretty confident they can figure out this one too
> 
> now, _my_ default browser would be konqueror...
> 
> i have nothing against a ns6 ebuild (why would i) - but talking 
> about "default" in this contenxt seems superflous...
> 
> please correct me if i am mistaken
> 
> 
>>jim
> 
> 
> regards
> Thilo
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