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== Detailed Description == | == Detailed Description == | ||
Revision as of 14:26, 18 July 2022
Firefox Langpacks Subpackage
Summary
Firefox langpacks, which have been bundled in the Fedora firefox base package until now, will be moved to a firefox-langpacks subpackage.
Owner
- Name: Jens Petersen, Martin Stransky
- Email: <petersen@redhat.com>, <mstransky@redhat.com>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 37
- Last updated: 2022-07-18
- Devel list thread
- FESCo issue: #2826
- Tracker bug: #2108184
- Release notes tracker: #861
Detailed Description
The firefox packages carries many langpacks containing translations and other localization data for different countries and languages. This Change will move them to a separate subpackage pulled in as a weak dependency by the base package.
Feedback
Initial discussion: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2035178
Benefit to Fedora
This makes Fedora a little more modular: going forward it will be possible to install firefox without having to have all the langpacks installed too.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- Update Rawhide firefox to add the langpacks subpackage (PR)
- Other developers: none
- Release engineering: #10858
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with Objectives:
Upgrade/compatibility impact
When upgrading to Fedora 37, firefox's new weak dependency will pull in the firefox-langpacks subpackage, so users should not experience any change by default.
How To Test
- install firefox and check that firefox-langpacks gets pulled in
- test that firefox's langpacks are functioning normally
- test upgrade from F36 to F37 and ensure that the firefox-langpacks subpackage gets installed.
User Experience
Users will have a new firefox-langpacks subpackage installed by default. If they don't require localization they can remove it and benefit from lighter firefox updates and save about 50MB of diskspace.
Dependencies
None
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: proposal owners will revert firefox.spec to not subpackage langpacks
- Contingency deadline: before final freeze
- Blocks release? No
Documentation
None
Release Notes
Firefox's langpacks have been moved to a subpackage for greater install flexibility.