Benjamin Drung wrote:
> 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
>
Thank you for adding it to
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Firefox3Extensions
this is something we will throw around with eachother in
#ubuntu-mozillateam and/or the mailing list. Personally i feel
uncomfortable addding this to the firefox build but i will see what the
outcome is during the talk.
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Sincerely Yours,
John Vivirito
https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito
Linux User# 414246
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[needs-packaging] htmlvalidator
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131538
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