Xulrunner: to install or not to instal
 

I think my question is clear enough. :)


Well, let me get this straight.
I'm about to install a Mozilla Firefox browser on my LFS.
I saw that installing the Xulrunner is recommended by the BLFS developers (even though they put it in optional list).
However, I see that installing Xulrunner takes a lot more space than if I install the browser alone.
Furthermore, I see that there is not much use of this package.

So I'm asking, should I install Xulrunner?

If Firefox is the only "Mozilla" product you are going to install I wouldn't install xulrunner. If you are going to install, for example, IcedTea-Web you do need to install xulrunner.

Do have a look at the User Notes, which might be an alternative.

Okay... I see quite many Mozilla products here in BLFS, but only Firefox and IceTea supports it.
What's wrong with it?

What is wrong with what?

This from the BLFS book: This doesn't say that all the package from the Mozilla stable (have to) use xulrunner.

Except for firefox on occasion I don't use any other package from the Mozilla stable, so I cannot tell you if Thunderbird (to name just one) would benefit from an installed xulrunner.

Xulrunner is also used to build gecko-mediaplayer plugins for FireFox and SeaMonkey.

Well, I guess that would come in handy.
Thanks for the tip :)