[opensuse-factory-mozilla] Firefox + KDE integration: Getting FF to use Dolphin reliably. 12+ years and counting.
Hi, [ I've cc'd this to multiple lists to garner interest; ultimately, I believe the solution needs to be in/at Firefox. I'd suggest that any discussion continues @ <firefox-dev@mozilla.org> (https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev). ] There are LOTS of users that use Firefox on Linux in a KDE environment. For those that do, integration with KDE's Dolphin filemanager -- e.g., for "Open containing folder ..." after download -- is needed. It's been reported as a bug in Firefox 12+ years ago & has spawned multiple other bugs. There's a fix/workaround in Opensuse (pkg: mozilla-kde4-integration; https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?project=openSUSE%3AFactory&package=mozilla-kde4-integration), although it's not been accepted in current state @Firefox for upstream inclusion. Afaict, discussion & activity are basically dead. Atm, is still doesn't work natively in Firefox. Hacking around it DOES seem to work -- both in Opensuse packaging (though, in #ic today, another soul failed at getting THAT to work), and (for me, at least) building kmozillahelper natively for upstream's Firefox31. Multiple distros have, at various times, released pkg'd versions of Opensuse's patches -- with varyiung, intermittent success. Chrome & Chromium both seem to have worked Firefox+KDE integration out -- both integrate with KDE nicely, apparently using (?) xdg-utils. My end-user goal *here* is to get a fix into upstream Firefox, and have that picked up by the distros. To start, I hope this rekindles recognition of the need for a fix, gets the right DEVs talking to one another, and gets those who can help, to help. It's been 12+ years -- clearly something's not working, and needs grease. A couple of the initial/earliest bugs that provide some issue history: are Bug 140751 — NEW — Integrate Mozilla with KDE https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140751 Bug 528598 — NEW, mozilla — provide a class to check for KDE environment and to interface with kmozillahelper https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528598 Bug 528510 — NEW — [Tracking] Port OpenSUSE KDE Integration for Firefox https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528510#c5 ; I'd bet there are more. I hope we can move this ball forward! Grant -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory-mozilla+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory-mozilla+owner@opensuse.org
On 03/07/14 22:44, grantksupport@operamail.com wrote:
A couple of the initial/earliest bugs that provide some issue history: are
Bug 140751 — NEW — Integrate Mozilla with KDE https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140751
Bug 528598 — NEW, mozilla — provide a class to check for KDE environment and to interface with kmozillahelper https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528598
Bug 528510 — NEW — [Tracking] Port OpenSUSE KDE Integration for Firefox https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528510#c5
; I'd bet there are more.
Looking quickly at some of these bugs: devs have apparently not requested reviews or feedback. In my experience, in Mozilla-land, this is a fatal mistake, because it means "my code is not ready, I'll tell you when it's mature enough that you can look at it." To whoever picks these bugs: be sure to ask for feedback (early)/review (when the patch is ready) using the fields provided for this purpose. Note that these must be requested from specific devs (who might pass the ball to others, if necessary). Cheers, David -- David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD Performance Team, Mozilla
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