sense of packaging firefox' addons?

[Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek]

Lubomir Kundrak pisze:
> On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 21:35 +0100, Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> I saw Ubuntu is puting Firefox' addons to repo.
>>
>> I wonder why, while Firefox has now integrated search for addons and
>> better addons site is planned...
>>
>> I don't think we should package extensions, but what do you think about
>> that situation in U?
>
> Packaging addons makes perfect sense. As much as does packaging CPAN
> modules. You get benefits of a good packaging and update system with
> that. Obvious examples are ability to put the addon into repository and
> add it to your kickstart, or stay up-to date with security fixes.
>

But addons can be easily installed in Firefox and also, they're personal 
selection...

This is like packaging... Color scheme for KDE [small and easily 
installable].