Bug 706103 - Replace chrome copy of files by overrides
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Re: Bug 706103 - Replace chrome copy of files by overrides
Every since they disabled the ability for 3rd party themes to use Override, Mozilla really has gone crazy in abusing it themselves. It's also pretty darned disingenuous for them to say that using separate packages makes things too complicated since their own requirements for 3rd party themes essentially demands the use of custom packages if you want your theme to support more than one version or OS at a time. Also, isn't using overrides everywhere more complicated and fragile than packages? What a load of bollocks.
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Re: Bug 706103 - Replace chrome copy of files by overrides
patrickjdempsey wrote:Every since they disabled the ability for 3rd party themes to use Override, Mozilla really has gone crazy in abusing it themselves. It's also pretty darned disingenuous for them to say that using separate packages makes things too complicated since their own requirements for 3rd party themes essentially demands the use of custom packages if you want your theme to support more than one version or OS at a time. Also, isn't using overrides everywhere more complicated and fragile than packages? What a load of bollocks.
Reminds me of that old saying "Do as I say, NOT as I do"!
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Re: Bug 706103 - Replace chrome copy of files by overrides
Pretty much fubars third party themes in today's nightly
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Re: Bug 706103 - Replace chrome copy of files by overrides
malliz wrote:Pretty much fubars third party themes in today's nightly
Yup, everything looks er squashed.
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Re: Bug 706103 - Replace chrome copy of files by overrides
Yeah Pardal, they'll never listen until it get's so confusing even they don't know what all of it is supposed to do.
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Re: Bug 706103 - Replace chrome copy of files by overrides
Well, I have to admit the solution I was proposing IS a hack... Unfortunately I am still needing all sort of hacks to fix things I think are bugs (you can't imagine how hackish is the solution I've found for the PanelUI to make icons smaller than 32px don't look "stretched").
I think the solution proposed from Dão and Mossop is reasonable. Overrides living inside the theme is not a bad idea, but moving the overrides should have been the first step on that bug...
Anyway, I hope we all can also use this in our themes.
I think the solution proposed from Dão and Mossop is reasonable. Overrides living inside the theme is not a bad idea, but moving the overrides should have been the first step on that bug...
Anyway, I hope we all can also use this in our themes.
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Re: Bug 706103 - Replace chrome copy of files by overrides
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke (attrib.)
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