On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 09:39:05PM +0200, Marc Gueury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am the HTML validator extension author. I noticed this bug due to > several mails I receive from Debian users. Even, if I do not use Debian > distribution. > > The conversation, analysis is quite interesting. To answer to a > particular remark above, linking to the XPCOM glue is not stupid at all > !!! It is even needed. > If I was linking the library to the full XPCOM of a particular firefox > version. The extension would only work with that particular Firefox > version. By linking to XPCOM glue, I am able to make the same extension > work for Mozilla Suite, Seamonkey, Firefox 1.0, Firefox 1.5 and 2.0. > Without XPCOM glue, I would need 5 Linux binaries for the same > program what is, in practice, impossible to maintain.
This is just wrong. If you don't link against the glue, it works everywhere too. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
