[Python-Dev] weird webbrowser behavior

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Skip Montanaro writes:
 > or try to register them using GenericBrowser.  Users are apparently not the
 > only people setting BROWSER, so the comment in the code:
 > 
 >     # It's the user's responsibility to register handlers for any unknown
 >     # browser referenced by this value, before calling open().
 > 
 > seems like flawed logic to me.

Eric S. Raymond writes:
 > Fred Drake and I are co-responsible for that code.  If you want to patch it
 > to do this, I won't object.

  I wouldn't object either.  I *do* object to the system setting that
variable by default by either Mandrake or Gnome -- that's just stupid
and inconsiderate of the user.
  Now, if anyone can provide support for Nautilis, I won't object to
that either.  Unfortunately, Mandrake's installer stinks at upgrading
(it couldn't seem to locate my 7.2 installation) and I don't have the
time to figure that out.


  -Fred

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