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Hi gang, |
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over the course of the next few days, we will finally be replacing the |
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'mozilla' useflag in all the Java runtimes with a new USE flag, called |
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'browserplugin'. |
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The change means that in order to have continued Java browser plugin |
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support, you must add the useflag 'browserplugin' to the USE="...." line |
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in your /etc/make.conf file. |
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The reason for the change is that: |
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) all browser plugins now work with more than just the Mozilla |
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webbrowser, thus naming it 'mozilla' has become rather inaccurate. |
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) the 'mozilla' useflag is primarily used for embedding Mozilla |
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into other applications. |
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) it should be possible to enable the Java browser plugin system-wide, |
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without turning on Mozilla embedding for random other applications. |
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As such, the 'mozilla' and 'mozilla' useflags are different, but |
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at the present time have the same name, which is rather confusing. |
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(For now, the new useflag is not a global useflag, so as to not upset |
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certain elements in the developer community. It is marked as a local |
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useflag for all packages supporting it. However, the difference is |
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merely academic, but I'm sure a flamewar will erupt over this as usual.) |
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Refer to [1] for tracking of this issue. |
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We will keep supporting the 'mozilla' useflag for a minimum period of a |
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month, and you will be amply warned about the change when installing or |
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upgrading a Java runtime. |
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-- Karl T |
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[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94056 |
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