> > 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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