Firefox + KDE integration: Getting FF to use Dolphin reliably. 12+ years and counting.

[Ehsan Akhgari]

FWIW my offer to help from <
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platforms.linux/XKyWG8NwSeA>
still stands.  :-)  As I said on bug 528598, the first step is to split up
the patches.  Once you've done that, please feel free to ping me on IRC or
over email if you don't see any traction on the patches, and I can help
find the right reviewers and work you through our process to get this stuff
upstreamed.

Cheers,

--
Ehsan
<http://ehsanakhgari.org/>


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 9:49 AM, <grantksupport-Z02xGKUfPWYS+FvcfC7Uqw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the comments. I'm taking you up on the offer that "firefox-dev
> and bugs are as good a place as any to start", and posting the following
> 'everywhere' I can find.  If there really is interest, consolidating it is
> a needed 1st step.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This issue -- of improving KDE + Firefox integration, generally, and of
> getting Firefox to use Dolphin, specifically -- has languished for a long
> time.
>
> It has, after all, been percolating, unresolved, for ~ 12 yrs now.
>
> Atm, it's basically dead & inactive. I'm hoping that that can be reversed.
>
> If "you" are still interested in good/solid KDE+Firefox integration,
> read-on --
>
> IMO, not getting to a decent solution has not been for lack of
> trying/interest:
>
>         Bug 140751 - Integrate Mozilla with KDE
>         https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140751
>
>         Bug 528598 - provide a class to check for KDE environment and to
> interface with kmozillahelper
>         https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528598
>
>         Provide better Firefox KDE integration
>         https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/494067
>
>         Bug 528510 - [Tracking] Port OpenSUSE KDE Integration for Firefox
>         https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528510
>
>         Firefox on KDE
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platforms.linux/XKyWG8NwSeA
>
>         (I'm sure there are more ...)
>
> As of this date, there's still no solution that works consistently well.
>  Opensuse's patches are the closest to it (cref packages: "kmozillahelper",
> "mozilla-kde4-integration"), & have been intermittently
> available/functional in Opensuse, as well as ported to Ubuntu, Arch, others.
>
> But, even the Opensuse devs say they're not happy with their own, 'hacky'
> solution.
>
> And, unless I've missed it, the "right people" simply aren't talking to
> one another.
>
> A "good" solution will need devs -- at least one each -- from KDE,
> Mozilla/Firefox & Opensuse/other distro devs, to agree that this should get
> done, and actually talk/work with one another to do so.
>
> I've tried to re-start the discussion about getting a good solution to
> KDE+Firefox integration.
>
>
> https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2014-July/001940.html
>
> In that thread I received thoughtful/arguable comments from @Mozilla
> folks, e.g.
>
>         "...
>         I believe that there is plenty of good will among
>         Mozilla developers to help Firefox + Dolphin along the road
> (starting
>         with reviewing patches and mentoring newcomers).
>         ...
>         firefox-dev and bugs are as good a place as any to start.
>         ..."
>
> They certainly seem willing to work with KDE & others -- but it will NOT
> happen alone.
>
> So, if "you" are still interested in good/solid KDE+Firefox integration --
> pls start by subscribing to "firexfox-dev" mailing list (
> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/firefox-dev) and consolidating
> communication to THIS thread:
>
>         "Firefox + KDE integration: Getting FF to use Dolphin reliably.
> 12+ years and counting."
>
> https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2014-July/001940.html
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