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chromium-browser package

Don't have the codecs depend on chromium-browser

Bug #1208518 reported by Jeremy Bícha on 2013-08-05

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	chromium-browser (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

The primary difference between ubuntu-restricted-extras and lubuntu-restricted-extras is that the Lubuntu package includes chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra. That makes sense since until Lubuntu 13.10, Lubuntu shipped Chromium by default. On the other hand, new Lubuntu 13.10 won't come with Chromium and there are plenty of Ubuntu and Ubuntu GNOME users who use Chromium too.

I think it would be better if ubuntu-restricted-extras would depend on chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra and Lubuntu can just point to that instead. (I think xubuntu-restricted-extras would be similarly obsolete.)

However, both chromium-codecs-ffmpeg and chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra depend on chromium-browser. Please change that to a suggests instead.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-6.17-generic 3.10.3
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 5 12:02:11 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-14 (52 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130613)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote on 2013-08-05:

ProcEnviron.txt Edit (115 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote on 2013-09-09:

Chad, could you take a look at this?
I assume you have to do another chromium-browser update this week any way because of bug 1222326.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-09-11:

This bug was fixed in the package chromium-browser - 29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

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chromium-browser (29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2) saucy; urgency=low

  * debian/control: Make chromium-browser-l10n Replaces chromium-browser so
    that new translations that were added in v28 packaging are now in the
    correct -l10n package. (LP: #1222488)
  * debian/rules: Remove unused duplicate-exclusion patterns. Again.
  * debian/control: Make codecs packages no longer Depend on chromium-browser,
    so that "extras" metapackages can pull them in without enormous browser.
    (LP: #1208518)
  * debian/tests/control: Don't use needs-build flag as we don't need it
    presently. Also, disable autopkgtest "smoketest" failure until its
    misbehavior on some environments can be diagnosed from log files.
  * debian/patches/4-chromeless-window-launch-option.patch: Add missing
    construction initializer. (LP: #1223251)
-- Chad MILLER <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:51:03 -0400

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Released

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amjjawad  (amjjawad) wrote on 2013-10-01:

Lubuntu Saucy Daily Build (01-10-2013) amd64 fresh new installation - I confirm that the installation of "lubuntu-restricted-extras" will not install Chromium Browser any more.

Thanks!