On 7/4/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tim: >> The /usr/lib/firefox-x.y.z mish-mash of directories only need to hold >> things specific to those particular versions of the web browser. Oddly, >> older ones don't seem to get removed when updating the browser. Well, >> they're devoid of any files other than the plug-ins, on mine (which are >> really links to the flash plug-in). Kam Leo: > That's not odd. The plugins directory is not removed because > additional files, i.e. plugins (not from original installation), were > added. > > By the way, the same thing happens in the Windows world. I know the evil empire does it that way, too. But it's still pointless keeping plug-ins for programs that have been removed. They're not configuration files that you might want access to. And there's probably a good chance you'd have to re-install them separately, to get them working again, if you'd re-installed the older browser, anyway.
Developer's catch-22: If a user just uninstalls and reinstalls the same package the previous ensemble of plugins. user setting. etc. will not be the same. It's better to get flack for not removing files.
