[Bugs] #1691 NORM: Ubuntu dropped python-xpcom (was: Browse doesn't start on up-to-date sugar-jhbuild)

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#1691: Ubuntu dropped python-xpcom
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    Reporter:  HoboPrimate  |          Owner:  erikos                     
        Type:  defect       |         Status:  reopened                   
    Priority:  Normal       |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  Browse       |        Version:  Git as of bugdate          
    Severity:  Major        |     Resolution:                             
    Keywords:               |   Distribution:  Ubuntu                     
Status_field:  Assigned     |  
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Changes (by sascha_silbe):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * severity:  Unspecified => Major
  * priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer => Normal
  * resolution:  notsugar =>
  * status_field:  Unconfirmed => Assigned


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:1 RafaelOrtiz]:
 > Yes, this is known, in ubuntu we have the problem that upstream is
 deciding how to work with xulrunner..so this is not sugar related.
 Actually for karmic the problem is "just" that the python-xpcom part got
 dropped from the xulrunner source package (by Mozilla) and Ubuntu did not
 yet package it separately ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/480407
 LP#480407]).

 > in relation with ubuntu bugs please refer to
 https://launchpad.net/~sugarteam
 As this bug was encountered with sugar-jhbuild (not native Ubuntu package)
 this is exactly the right place to report bugs.

 Reopening as we need to adopt sugar-jhbuild dependency files once Ubuntu
 ships python-xpcom again.
 We should also build python-xpcom from source in the meantime, but I don't
 have time to set this up right now (patches welcome) - Mozilla software
 has a history of being tricky to build.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1691#comment:3>
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