Re: [gentoo-dev] nsbrowser plugins

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Hanno Böck wrote:
> Am Dienstag 10 August 2010 schrieb Paweł Hajdan, Jr.:
>> Gentoo uses /usr/$(get_libdir)/nsbrowser/plugins for browser plugins.
>> However, Debian uses /usr/$(get_libdir)/mozilla/plugins, and that's what
>> many software projects (including Chromium) target.
>>
>> Why are we using nsbrowser/plugins instead of mozilla/plugins, and how
>> relalistic would it be to switch to mozilla/plugins?
>
> The optimal approach would be some kind of standard for things like this. If
> you are already in contact with chromium developers, you might want to start
> such an initiative.
>
> If it would be written in the FHS or something alike, it'd probably be easier
> to convince all browser vendors and distributions to stick to one general
> directory.

here's an idea: nsbrowser/plugins/ is the standard and all browsers so
far support it
-mike