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Bug#: 94056
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Status: RESOLVED
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Reporter: Jan Brinkmann (RETIRED) <luckyduck@gentoo.org>
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Description:   Opened: 2005-05-26 03:18 0000
Since more browsers than mozilla can use the java browserplugin , we should
probably rename the useflag. 

The current situation:

A user (let's say one who hasnt a jdk/jre installed) merges mozilla-firefox
with USE="java" and expects that he can see java applets on websites. The java
useflag controlls a rdepend on virtual/jre which is getting installed. In this
case where the user has no jdk/jre installed it will probably install the
blackdown-jre. The blackdown-jre only installs the browserplugin if the mozilla
useflag is enabled. Many users dont know this, and it's not a very clean
solution.


The idea:
We could rename both useflags, mozilla's java useflag and the mozilla useflag
of jdks/jres, to something which has the same name like "javaplugin". If
somebody now does the following...:

USE="javaplugin" emerge mozilla-firefox 

...the blackdown-jre will also be installed, but since the blackdown-jre uses
the same useflag to control wether the plugin should be made available or not
it will install it. That makes much more sense than the current situation where
you have to use two useflags to install the java-plugin:

USE="mozilla java" emerge mozilla-firefox

Most of the users arent aware of that fact, and it avoids that somebody has to
merge the jre twice. The useflag can be changed of course, was just an idea.
What do you guys think?

------- Comment #1 From Thomas Matthijs (RETIRED) 2005-06-18 06:19:28 0000 -------
i think its a good idea
the mozilla ebuilds seem to have the java use flag, but don't use it, they 
always but the oji thing, so maybe java use can be removed there
and have a "browserplugin" flag for the jdk/jre's

------- Comment #2 From Sok Ann Yap 2005-08-03 15:57:13 0000 -------
The pkg_postinst() function added to blackdown-jre ebuilds overrides the one 
specified in java.eclass. So, I think a call to java_pkg_postinst should be 
added to those ebuilds.

------- Comment #3 From Thomas Matthijs (RETIRED) 2005-09-10 11:07:26 0000 -------
Thanks, fixed postinst


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