htmlvalidator depends on tidy (written in C) and opensp (written in C++) and therefore it is not platform independent. So you need a xpi file for every platform. Therefore it is very useful to have an Ubuntu package.
The original source package has to be included into the Firefox build process. The xpi file is generated with some scripts. I am working on the htmlvalidator package to make it easier to compile. It now uses autotools and only needs the development package of Firefox. You can get the source from the SourceForge.net SVN repository. You can checkout it with "svn co https://htmlvalidator.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/htmlvalidator/trunk htmlvalidator". I have uploaded the current version to my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~bdrung/+archive There is a lot to do to get this package ready for universe and I am thankful for help: * A AUTHORS and LICENCE file is missing. * configure.ac and all the Makefile.am could be cleaned and make them more portable (maybe use of libtool). * split the package into htmlvalidator and htmlvalidator-data ** Changed in: firefox-extensions Status: Incomplete => New -- [needs-packaging] firefox-htmlvalidator https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131538 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
