Re: plugins for GNU IceCat

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Hello,

Rodney Ross <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>   I guess the plugin directory will be `$(HOME)/.gnuzilla/plugins' so
>   the '--plugin-dir' option will need to be passed to the compiler. I
>   also see:
>   http://wiki.gnashdev.org/wiki/index.php/Building_on_Debian
>   Be sure and read the last line on above link as it says it is
>   broken. I tried to build about a month ago in debian etch and
>   the depends required libs from testing and I am on stable. Just
>   for the record mplayer and xine (ffmpeg) can play FLV formats
>   provided the file's address can be found. Would it be smart to
>   use the same .xpi on ftp or http  that gnash-dev uses, since it
>   is an official gnu project ? Perhaps help them get a plugin in place?
>   Do they even have a binary for gnu/linux yet on their webpage ?
No, they don't have a binary for GNU/Linux on their webpage and they
don't offer any .xpi.  This is why we should do some work to get it.
If it requires some changes to the gnash source code then of course it
will be better if they will be implemented directly in the gnash
project.

Regards,
Giuseppe