From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: Looking for Thunderbird/Icedove Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 01:14:53 -0400 Message-ID: <87in97bliq.fsf@netris.org> References: <20180403154921.54d270f6@alma-ubu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40755) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3am2-00018e-S0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2018 01:15:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3aly-0004SF-IB for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2018 01:15:54 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:40234) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3aly-0004Rz-DJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2018 01:15:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180403154921.54d270f6@alma-ubu> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Bj=C3=B6rn?= =?utf-8?Q?_H=C3=B6fling=22's?= message of "Tue, 3 Apr 2018 15:49:21 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_H=C3=B6fling?= Cc: guix-devel Hi Bj=C3=B6rn, Bj=C3=B6rn H=C3=B6fling writes: > One of my key customers needs a new GNU/Linux installation and they are > willing to give GuixSD a try if Thunderbird is available. > > I thought that's no problem and was surprised to not find anything > like Icedove in the guix repository. I looked into this a bit more, and the way forward now seems clear: Parabola GNU/Linux has an Icedove package, based on Debian's Icedove but with some additional fixes for FSDG and privacy issues. It seems to be well-maintained and up-to-date with Mozilla ESR 52: https://git.parabola.nu/abslibre.git/tree/libre/icedove Icedove 52.x is based on the same upstream code as IceCat 52.x, so our Icedove package should be based on our IceCat package, and possibly even inheriting from it. Thanks to Nils for posting his preliminary patch, but I don't think it will be useful to us. No promises, but I'll try to find time in the next few days to make an attempt at an Icedove package. As de-facto maintainer of the IceCat package in Guix, I suppose that I'm well-positioned to work on this, and I certainly agree that Guix should include Icedove. Regards, Mark