[Sugar-devel] Request to add webkitgtk as a external dependency

[Benjamin M. Schwartz]

Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
> This mail is a request/proposal to add webkitgtk as an external
> dependency for either Sugar or Read

I object strongly either way.

The last thing Sugar needs is a hard dependency on _both_ major browser
engines.  Moreover, it's entirely unnecessary in this case.  ePub is a
simple XML format.  You can convert it to HTML (or PDF or ...) using
Calibre [1], or view it directly through gecko using an extension like
OpenBerg Lector [2].  It might even be possible to view it using hulahop
without any fancy extensions, just by adding an appropriate stylesheet.

--Ben

[1]
http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/faq.html#what-formats-does-app-support-conversion-to-from
[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5275

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