[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 135973] [GStreamer] Do not show PackageKit codec installation dialog

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135973

Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro at gnome.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro at gnome.org> ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> I think from a WebKit point of view it would be good if the codec installer
> is not popped up immediately... but instead a hint is given to the browser.

Absolutely; we should use a signal and let the browser handle it how it wants. For Epiphany I think we'll use an info bar (for now; probably info bars will be replaced with in-app notifications in the future) to ask the user to install the codec; that would be much better than the pop-up dialog.

The default behavior should probably be to do nothing and fail to play the video; it *could* be to run the codec installer, but the pop-up dialog is going to be replaced with GNOME Software in the near future, and it would be undesirable for a web browser to launch GNOME Software every time I visit a page with multimedia. (I don't really care what's default, though.)

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