Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:43:18 -0600 (CST) | From | Adam Heath <> | Subject | Re: Netscape buggy, kernel OK - some test results |
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On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Stanislav Meduna wrote:
> > I am responsible for the netscape packages in debian. I have one package that > > is depended on by all versions of netscape in debian. I can include this > > wrapper, upload the small change, notify everyone when they upgrade about the > > change, and wait for the responses. > > Thank you for the initiative. > > There is one known problem with the patch - after a longer > time (and possibly triggered by some more or less > probable circumstances) the Netscape stops accepting > keystrokes and clicks on the links. The only > possibility is to exit and then the browser > is not ended correctly - it leaves lock file > behind etc.
That is fine. I can make it a runtime option in /etc/netscape4/config, and put a BIG-FAT-WARNING(tm) in the postinst. I can have it default to off.
> So I wouldn't recommend this patch as a general > solution (nor do I plan to further do the > detective work - my primary goal was to isolate > the problem and the patch is actually > a side-effect :-)). > > If you want to include it, I have no problem > with it, but please, advise the users that although > it can help, they are known problems and they > must decide, what is better (for me the benefit > is better than the problems, for others this > can vary). It should not be a default. > > I have sent the bug report with the analysis > to Netscape - I hope that the problem will be > corrected in the next version (will there be > any of the 4.x serie?). > > > The thread became off-topic for linux-kernel - is > there some netscape users mailing list?
Adam
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