Re: Packaging IceCat extensions with Guix

[ng0 <ng0@pragmatique.xyz>]

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What happened to this idea?

Is anyone working on it or should I try to find someone who
wants to work on it?

It's rather simple from my perspective.

ng0 transcribed 8.4K bytes:
> ng0 <ng0@libertad.pw> writes:
> 
> > Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> Hi Guix,
> >>
> >> I read somewhere that Debian packages certain Firefox extensions. I
> >> tried doing the same with Guix, but haven't been able to get IceCat to
> >> load extensions from a directory.
> >>
> >> The attached (outdated!) patch adds the "uBlock" XPI to
> >> <guix-profile>/lib/icecat/extensions. I've tried symlinking this to
> >> "standard" system folders (from IceCat source code), and disabled
> >> unsigned extensions, but no luck so far. Maybe someone more familiar
> >> with IceCat internals can try it?
> >>
> >> I would love to have my favourite extensions managed by Guix!
> >
> > I've had a similar idea last year, and I still think it's worth
> > considering. I'm not sure if I mentioned it here on the mailing
> > list.
> >
> > Certain applications, like Chromium based browsers and Mozilla
> > based software (firefox, thunderbird) allow the use of an system
> > wide extension/addon store. This is how Gentoo handles it, and I
> > quiet like it that I don't have to trust these corporations with
> > how they think distributing such code is secure/just/etc.
> >
> > When we do this, we have the possibility to control what's inside
> > the app-stores and avoid the web interface as a middleware.
> > I have more reasons to lobby for this, but I hope it's just self
> > explanatory why this is a good idea.
> >
> > For starters you could look at the Gentoo ebuild for chromium,
> > palemoon, firefox, or let me come up with a short patch to
> > icecat. I could work on this tomorrow.
> 
> Alright, in addition to what Mark wrote:
> 
> The ebuild for firefox based browsers does this:
> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/www-client/firefox/firefox-45.6.0-r1.ebuild#n145
> 
> Which includes a simple sed:
> 
> # Ensure that our plugins dir is enabled as default
> 	sed -i -e "s:/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins:/usr/lib/nsbrowser/plugins:" \
> 		"${S}"/xpcom/io/nsAppFileLocationProvider.cpp || die "sed failed to replace plugin path for 32bit!"
> 	sed -i -e "s:/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins:/usr/lib64/nsbrowser/plugins:" \
> 		"${S}"/xpcom/io/nsAppFileLocationProvider.cpp || die "sed failed to replace plugin path for 64bit!"
> 
> And then there's an appropriate, fitting eclass you use when you
> package firefox extensions.
> This is for the firefox version they use. I have forgotten which
> version we are on, but it really is that simple. Only needs to be
> adjusted to a location we agree on. Sort of.
> 
> > When we do this, I also suggest to name accordingly, like
> > (gnu packages gnuzilla-plugins)
> > (gnu packages qupzilla-plugins)
> > etc, one module for each compatible browser (extensions which
> > work in a family of browsers or deriviates of them).
> >
> > I am especially unhappy with palemoon, where the website, and
> > therefore the store, is behind the great firewall of
> > cloudflare. I'm still packaging it, but it's annyoing.
> >
> >> From 3a1bc1a489c5f7cd624c661a8887bf2e89ea74b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >> From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
> >> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 10:33:52 +0000
> >> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add ublock.
> >>
> >> ---
> >>  gnu/packages/web-plugins.scm | 114 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 114 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/web-plugins.scm
> >>
> >> diff --git a/gnu/packages/web-plugins.scm b/gnu/packages/web-plugins.scm
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000..e124b8e74
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/gnu/packages/web-plugins.scm
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
> >> +;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
> >> +;;; Copyright © 2016 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
> >> +;;;
> >> +;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
> >> +;;;
> >> +;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> >> +;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> >> +;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
> >> +;;; your option) any later version.
> >> +;;;
> >> +;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> >> +;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> >> +;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> >> +;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
> >> +;;;
> >> +;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> >> +;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> >> +
> >> +(define-module (gnu packages web-plugins)
> >> +  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
> >> +  #:use-module (guix download)
> >> +  #:use-module (guix git-download)
> >> +  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
> >> +  #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
> >> +  #:use-module (guix packages)
> >> +  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
> >> +  #:use-module (gnu packages zip))
> >> +
> >> +(define uassets
> >> +  (package
> >> +    (name "uassets")
> >> +    (version "8f505b07572f0ed35d3bfec6ba4c9058f4270ae7")
> >> +    (source (origin
> >> +              (method git-fetch)
> >> +              (uri (git-reference
> >> +                    (url "https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets.git")
> >> +                    (commit version)))
> >> +              (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
> >> +              (sha256
> >> +               (base32
> >> +                "154i7p2qa2jq5907n9bqsy9bh2l2iiynhd7x9s4d6dabwfq7aa5n"))))
> >> +    (build-system trivial-build-system)
> >> +    (arguments
> >> +     `(#:modules ((guix build utils))
> >> +       #:builder
> >> +       (begin
> >> +         (use-modules (guix build utils))
> >> +         (copy-recursively (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source")
> >> +                           (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
> >> +         #t)))
> >> +    (synopsis "Filter lists and rulesets for uBlock and uMatrix")
> >> +    (description
> >> +     "Resources for uBlock Origin, uMatrix: static filter lists,
> >> +ready-to-use rulesets, etc.")
> >> +    (home-page "https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets")
> >> +    (license license:gpl3))) ; TODO: verify
> >> +
> >> +(define-public ublock
> >> +  (package
> >> +    (name "ublock")
> >> +    (version "1.9.16")
> >> +    (source (origin
> >> +              (method url-fetch)
> >> +              (uri (string-append
> >> +                    "https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/archive/"
> >> +                    version ".tar.gz"))
> >> +              (sha256
> >> +               (base32
> >> +                "0460sh05ahxl6539pfxbgaf1ibxxi3c656pxazwnppln2zaiigfz"))))
> >> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> >> +    ;; We use gnu-build-system to benefit from unpack and
> >> +    ;; source patching, but won't use any standard phases.
> >> +    (arguments
> >> +     `(#:tests? #f
> >> +       #:phases
> >> +       (modify-phases %standard-phases
> >> +         (add-after 'unpack 'copy-assets
> >> +           (lambda* (#:key inputs #:allow-other-keys)
> >> +             (copy-recursively (assoc-ref inputs "uassets")
> >> +                               "../uAssets")
> >> +             #t))
> >> +         (delete 'configure)
> >> +         (replace 'build
> >> +           (lambda _
> >> +             (zero? (system* "./tools/make-firefox.sh" "all"))
> >> +             ;(zero? (system* "./tools/make-firefox.sh"))
> >> +             ))
> >> +         (replace 'install
> >> +           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> >> +             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
> >> +                    (extdir (string-append
> >> +                             out "/lib/icecat/extensions")))
> >> +               ;(mkdir-p extdir)
> >> +               ;(copy-recursively "dist/build/uBlock0.firefox" extdir)
> >> +               (install-file "dist/build/uBlock0.firefox.xpi" extdir)
> >> +               #t))))))
> >> +    (native-inputs
> >> +     `(("python" ,python-wrapper)
> >> +       ("uassets" ,uassets)
> >> +       ("zip" ,zip)))
> >> +    (synopsis "Efficient content blocker")
> >> +    (description
> >> +     "uBlock Origin is a \"wide spectrum\" blocker for web content.
> >> +It can block ads, trackers, malware sites and similar and comes with a
> >> +comprehensive pre-configured filter list covering known-bad sites.")
> >> +    (home-page "https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock")
> >> +    ;; uBlock is distributed under GPL3+ but includes a handful of
> >> +    ;; components covered by other licenses.
> >> +    (license (list license:gpl3+
> >> +                   license:cc-by-sa3.0
> >> +                   license:mpl2.0
> >> +                   ;; The malware hosts list has no proper license and just
> >> +                   ;; includes the text "our list can be used by anyone".
> >> +                   (license:non-copyleft "https://www.malwaredomainlist.com/")))))
> >> -- 
> >> 2.11.0
> >>
> >
> > -- 
> > ♥Ⓐ  ng0 -- https://www.inventati.org/patternsinthechaos/
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> ♥Ⓐ  ng0 -- https://www.inventati.org/patternsinthechaos/
> 
> 

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