From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: wrapping up the Newmoon Browser package Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:04:59 +0000 Message-ID: <20180323180459.kk4ljvt62we4j4hb@abyayala> References: <20180320134737.6jb7ux6hx24zyxh6@abyayala> <878tai4tez.fsf@netris.org> <20180323174852.gyuuxezxlyc2euwj@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39814) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezR3W-000133-Su for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:04:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezR3V-00058r-Lk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:04:46 -0400 Received: from [2a01:4f8:1c0c:7ad0::1] (port=57696 helo=conspiracy.of.n0.is) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ezR3V-00057U-CT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:04:45 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180323174852.gyuuxezxlyc2euwj@abyayala> 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: Mark H Weaver , guix-devel@gnu.org ng0 transcribed 2.1K bytes: > Mark H Weaver transcribed 1.6K bytes: > > Hi, > > > > ng0 writes: > > > > > I need some final input on topics I'm more liberal about. > > > Many many moons ago I started the work on Pale Moon. This > > > package has now moved into New Moon, which is what we are > > > allowed to redistribute with modifications (Pale Moon without > > > branding). > > > > Do you know if the New Moon browser supports EME? If so, it would need > > to be disabled somehow. The GNU FSDG specifically prohibits browsers > > that support EME. > > I have no idea if it has support for EME. I will check next month. Actually I was able to find it now: Media support Media support is a regularly-discussed topic for Pale Moon users, since part of the user base would prefer a browser to also be a full-featured and fully dedicated&specialized media player. This is, however, not a goal of Pale Moon because of the inherent shift of focus from document content to media content. That being said, the Web has shifted to be more visual-media heavy and as such will require a browser to at least to some extent take on the media player role. The following specific media streaming feature(s) is/are not on Pale Moon's roadmap: In-browser DRM (EME) We are extending the browser (especially for Linux) with FFmpeg media as a replacement for the (generally problematic) GStreamer and libstagefright solutions that are currently in place. Work is underway to make this the default decoding/media back-end for all supported platforms. source: https://www.palemoon.org/roadmap.shtml (is behind cloudflare without tor exception last time I tried) > > > Issue 1 I addressed so far: The default homepage (after first > > > start and in general default) called a website which is questionable > > > in my opion: https://palemoon.start.me > > > > > > I have patched the default home page to be gnu.org and gnu.org/s/guix > > > > > > > > > Next, can I keep the default bookmarks? They are: > > > - https://www.palemoon.org > > > - http://forum.palemoon.org/index.php > > > - https://www.palemoon.org/faq.shtml > > > - https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml > > > > I suspect that the default home page and bookmarks will need to be > > changed. Otherwise, we would be steering users towards obtaining the > > Pale Moon browser, whose binary distribution is restricted by a nonfree > > license. See > > > > > Finally, about:addons let's you install Addons from 2 repositories: > > > Pale Moon Add-ons Site and Mozilla Add-ons Site. > > > "Search all add-ons" queries the 2 repositories and lets you install > > > add-ons from the repositories. > > > > We definitely need to avoid steering users toward the Mozilla Add-ons > > Site, or any other add-on site that is not committed to including only > > free software. We could instead steer users toward the list of free > > add-ons that's used by GNU IceCat. > > Have you read my follow-up Emails with more details? I'm curious if > due to the issues mentioned there this is still necessary from the > GNU view on things. > I have no strong opinion on keeping the addons. > > > Thanks for working on it. > > > > Mark > > > > -- > A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 > https://n0.is > -- A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 https://n0.is