Packaging Debian buttons for Firefox

[Mike Hommey]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 03:43:05PM +0000, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I discovered a Firefox extension that may be quite useful for Debian
> contributors: Debian buttons [1]. It allows the user to add buttons to
> the toolbar to do things such as: double-click on a bug number on
> $random_software to select it, and click on that button to go to the
> corresponding bug page. In fact it currently provides four buttons:
> BTS, packages, PTS and MLs. I spoke to its author and there is a fifth
> button soon to come: DDPO.
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>     [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/debian-buttons/
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> So, my basic idea is to package it, but there is another option that
> might be considered: adding it to the iceweasel package by default,
> because it could be considered as Debian addition useful for users (let
> me emphasize that this extension adds buttons to the list of available
> buttons for the users to place them on their toolbars if they want, and
> that it does not place them anywhere by default).
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> Any advice on that? I initially thought of simply packaging it, and the
> other option was just another idea that I got, and that I was also
> suggested by someone else on IRC.

It's better to have it as a separate package, so that it can be
installed on iceweasel and iceape. And maybe icedove if it makes sense.

> About packaging, is there something I should be aware of that would not
> be mentionned in the wiki? I have seen that there is an Alioth group for
> packaging extensions, should I package that within that group?

Probably.

Mike