Bug#843980: browser-plugin-libreoffice: Plugin stops working with libreoffice packages from backports
reassign 843980 libreoffice-core
retitle 843980 browser-plugin-libreoffice: Plugin stops working with libreoffice 5.2; missing Breaks:
tag 843980 + pending
affects 843980 browser-plugin-libreoffice
thanks
Hi,
On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 02:11:59PM +0100, David Ayers wrote:
> I'm on stable and I've installed libreoffice 1:5.2.3~rc1-4~bpo8+1 from backports and firefox ESR. With
> that installation the browser-plugin-libreoffice stopped displaying ODF and other Documents managed by
> libreoffice. I suppose all that is needed is a rebuild of the browser-plugin-libreoffice for
> the libreoffice version in backports to be made available via backports.
No.
$ apt-cache show browser-plugin-libreoffice
Package: browser-plugin-libreoffice
Source: libreoffice
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Version: 1:4.3.3-2+deb8u5
[...]
so built from the *libreoffice* source package. If it will was there and was
enabled, a libreoffice build (as for backports) would also build it.
But:
> I'm not sure whether this is the correct way to report this bug, but even after reading all the
> notices about bug reporting an backports I could easily find this seemed to be the post appropriate
> method. Please advise me, if I did something wrong.
No, it's not a correct way to formulate a wish against a obsolete version. ;)
And here even where the bug is not even in that version. Because:
libreoffice (1:4.4.0~alpha1-1) experimental; urgency=low
* new upstream alpha release
[...]
* debian/rules, debian/control.mozilla.in, patches/install-fixes.diff,
debian/scripts/gid2pkgdirs.sh: remove nsplugin stuff; removed
upstream...
[...]
-- Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org> Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:15:33 +0200
Got removed upstream. Over two years ago. So browser-plugin-libreoffice isn't built
since then.
Yes, I didn't and don't like that either - but fighting against that wasn't
successful. and AFAIK NPAPI support will be phased out in browsers (even Firefox)
anyway...
> For example the only reason I marked this with Severity: wishlist is because this is a backport issue.
No, it's a general issue. People might keep browser-plugin-libreoffice on upgrades
jessie->stretch, too.. ;-(
One can argue that LO should (now, that it broke, it seems it worked for some
time, or people just didn't report breakage) add a Breaks: browser-plugin-libreoffice
to properly document it and get it removed on upgrades.
Will do that.
Regards,
Rene
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