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Packages shipping extensions for XUL based applications like iceweasel or icedove should put them in ''/usr/share/xul-extensions'' or ''/usr/linb/xul-extensions''. Using the former if there's only architecture independent data or the later with architecture dependent data. | Packages shipping extensions for XUL based applications like iceweasel or icedove should put them in ''/usr/share/xul-extensions'' or ''/usr/lib/xul-extensions''. Using the former if there's only architecture independent data or the later with architecture dependent data. |
Mozilla Extension Packaging Team
Contents
Infrastructure
Alioth Project: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-mozext/
Unix group: pkg-mozext
VCS: git repos are hosted at http://git.debian.org
Interacting with the team
Email contact: pkg-mozext-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Task description
Packaging of extensions for Icedove, Iceweasel, Iceape and Iceowl (aka Thunderbird, Firefox, Seamonkey and Sunbird).
Joining
Simply request to join the project via Alioth.
TODO
- cdbs class to ease packaging
ice*-extensions-config: lets the adminstrator decide which of the installed extensions is enabled by default (similar to ca-certificates)
- Finish extension policy
Policy for packaging XUL based applications
This is a draft and up for discussion on pkg-mozext-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org:
Packages shipping extensions for XUL based applications like iceweasel or icedove should put them in /usr/share/xul-extensions or /usr/lib/xul-extensions. Using the former if there's only architecture independent data or the later with architecture dependent data.
The extensions should then be symlinked into the applications directory (e.g. /usr/lib/iceweasel/extensions) for all supported XUL applications.
The binary package's name should be xul-ext-<ext> with <ext> being the exteonsions name. E.g. xul-ext-nostalgy for Icedove's nostalgy extension.
In order to ease finding extensions for a given application the packages should
Provides: <xul-based-app1>-<extension>, <xul-based-app2>-<extension>, ...
and
Enhances: <xul-based-app1>, <xul-based-app2>, ...
where xul-based-app1 and xul-based-app2 are e.g. iceweasel and iceape.
Rationale:
- canonical place to look for extensions instead of having them spread across several directories (iceape, iceowl, icedove, iceweasel, ...)
consistent naming (visual grouping) for all extensions (no mozilla-<ext> vs. iceweasel-<ext> for extensions supporting more than one XUL based application)
- eases automatic packaging of extensions
- ease work for downstream distributions
Packages
Use the following snippet for your sources.list:
deb http://pkg-mozext.alioth.debian.org/packages lenny/i386/ deb http://pkg-mozext.alioth.debian.org/packages lenny/all/ deb-src http://pkg-mozext.alioth.debian.org/packages lenny/source/
deb http://pkg-mozext.alioth.debian.org/packages sid/i386/ deb http://pkg-mozext.alioth.debian.org/packages sid/all/ deb-src http://pkg-mozext.alioth.debian.org/packages sid/source/
To install an extension run
apt-get install <EXTENSION>
If you are member of the group pkg-mozext you can upload with the following dput configuration:
[pkg-mozext] method = scp fqdn = alioth.debian.org incoming = /home/groups/pkg-mozext/htdocs/packages/mini-dinstall/incoming/ post_upload_command = ssh alioth.debian.org /home/groups/pkg-mozext/mini-dinstall.sh