Re: Packaging IceCat extensions with Guix

[ng0 <ng0@libertad.pw>]

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 The attached (outdated!)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.

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
>

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