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chromium now depends on gconf + wtf is payment methods?

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chromium now depends on gconf + wtf is payment methods?

#1 Post by bw123 »

wtf, this is getting out of hand? Why do I need gconf to use chromium? Isn't gconf deprecated? Why is this not mentioned in the changelog?

Security upgrades are great, enabling new crap under the radar like 'payment methods' is not cool.

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$ apt policy chromium
chromium:
  Installed: 70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1
  Candidate: 70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1
  Version table:
 *** 70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1 500
        500 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     63.0.3239.84-1~deb9u1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages
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Re: chromium now depends on gconf + wtf is payment methods?

#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

bw123 wrote:Why do I need gconf to use chromium?
No idea but my buster box doesn't seem to need it:

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empty@buster:~ $ apt policy gconf-service chromium                                 
gconf-service:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.2.6-5
  Version table:
     3.2.6-5 500
        100 https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
        500 https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
chromium:
  Installed: 70.0.3538.67-2
  Candidate: 70.0.3538.67-2
  Version table:
 *** 70.0.3538.67-2 500
        100 https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
        500 https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
empty@buster:~ $
I think FF (esr) is better supported in Debian though, it seems to receive updates quicker than the chromium package.
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Re: chromium now depends on gconf + wtf is payment methods?

#3 Post by stevepusser »

Apparently that dependency was removed in the -2 rebuild.

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chromium-browser (70.0.3538.67-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Restore support for building with gtk2.

 -- Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debian.org>  Tue, 23 Oct 2018 01:11:35 +0000

chromium-browser (70.0.3538.67-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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