Package: firefox Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.3-2 Severity: wishlist
Word boundary analysis for line breaking is essential for Thai web page rendering, as Thai is written continuously without word delimitors. Most Thai web pages are created based on an assumption that web browsers are able to wrap lines properly, which is true for some popular browser, but not for Gecko-based ones. With the `libthai' package recently uploaded to sid (now already migrated to etch), Thai word boundary analysis is now possible for applications in debian. And a proposed patch for Mozilla to wrap lines with libthai has been available at Mozilla Bug #7969 for some time. Unfortunately, the 1.8 branch is now frozen. So, we seem to need patching in debian. The patch has been tested by locally distributed binary packages, and no severe problem has been found so far. So, please consider applying the patch, for a serious usability issue for Thai users. The most recent patch is proposed in Comment #51: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7969#c51 and the patch is at: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=220509 When applied, suggesting "libthai0" is also a good idea. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16 Locale: LANG=th_TH, LC_CTYPE=th_TH (charmap=TIS-620) Versions of packages firefox depends on: ii debianutils 2.16 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii fontconfig 2.3.2-5.1 generic font configuration library ii libatk1.0-0 1.11.4-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.0.4-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5.1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-2 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.10.2-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.17-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libidl0 0.8.6-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpango1.0-0 1.12.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-6 X11 client-side library ii libxcursor1 1.1.5.2-5 X cursor management library ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:3.0.1.2-4 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-7 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 1:1.0.0-5 X11 Input extension library ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxp6 1:1.0.0-1 X Printing Extension (Xprint) clie ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-4 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-4 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii psmisc 22.2-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime firefox recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
