Re: Vanilla Firefox recipe?

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

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On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 01:27:40PM -0400, Christopher Lemmer Webber wrote:
> So this page explains the problem:
> 
>   https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines
> 
> "Problem: Recommends non-free addons and plugins; automatically downloads cisco's binary h.264 codecs"
> 
> I agree the latter is a problem.  The former is kind of maybe a problem,
> but mostly because it isn't clear that it's happening to the user.
> 
> However, I wonder if, with a matter of just two patches, this could be
> resolved:
> 
>  - Patch out the automatic download of Cisco's h.264 plugin.
>  - Add a warning banner *above* the extensions page, or simply switch it
>    to the same one that Icecat already uses.
> 
> Is that all that's necessary, then, to get "vanilla Firefox" in Guix?
> It strikes me that with those two changes, the criteria would be met.

I agree, it would be a good addition.

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