From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Gerwitz Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 12:35:44 -0400 Message-ID: <874lj86fmn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87y3h1g42q.fsf@lassieur.org> <877eolw9w7.fsf@gmail.com> <87efisr56r.fsf@gnu.org> <20180504142411.zwrfn4ggwcq5gkkp@thebird.nl> <20180515071051.2endozyv36a5xwdz@thebird.nl> <87d0xxjny4.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59377) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fIcw0-0001rG-8j for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 May 2018 12:36:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fIcvz-0004Yf-FU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 15 May 2018 12:36:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87d0xxjny4.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Tue, 15 May 2018 10:57:39 +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: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 10:57:39 +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Hi Pjotr, > > Pjotr Prins skribis: [...] >> I think I'll go to FF again if this persists. > > IceCat is essentially the same code as FireFox modulo branding, add-ons, > and a few trivial things. I don=E2=80=99t see how IceCat itself could be > blamed=E2=80=94the add-ons maybe, the way it is packaged in Guix perhaps,= but > IceCat?=E2=80=A6 IceCat is based on an old ESR; FF has undergone many substantial changes (and rewrites of parts of the system) since then; it's much more performant and I've found it to be much more stable over the years. (I use IceCat at home and FF at work.) So when users compare IceCat to "Firefox", they're not likely performing a valid comparison, since they're going to use a modern version of Firefox. I think Rub=C3=A9n is working on an ESR upgrade, so maybe users' experiences will be a bit better soon. =2D-=20 Mike Gerwitz Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B 2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05 https://mikegerwitz.com --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJa+wxhAAoJEIyRe39dxRuiSD4QAJo56C5O5jyPtXv9xDV5d9f3 XFrZ65h+Vd/pvkRDzzqOm/3KEp6qibmMvSL6rP+H8ByIJCLEnG0aWqMeiAMunWpK Up9EZ88drdTx6ah22z96qIEfncUU5VgIhdyFAganqpCl8X8JQ6MWQh4PKglGdEwO TOwNGvvOcWFlKCEJgrfaZctDVzPbNxS0wezsrjhMktPu52ITrtMm5lrGYxitEnBa 0vnunmPC+2K6giNglXxOMDW2UyXGkHYptpzLoxImzhc0MPLCKSO4tRz25XbUVYPy 495yxHFzX+Igw5hk21Vf+MCQhe2ob50eaPuffk+1svRvdC0LgtPbGyXO1WO8HwV5 k4y4B981EzE6pX1/wkmf5R56AJ++fHce5p6/L/wQot4fjqoONf6f5T4aMLTF1RET 0tzIzzYpxjbWnYO4E+F/9wTTIxP6FhNTmSKAhF0O8IpauPxDrrjQKqOraaiuwbkn pPKlRF6DfySSlAUMVpWYCsr1spvrNqHN+CsmRXSzFN0UNsUyVFiEkFSZ62MxUE7+ CUiL1P8R+qPaIxxqTE2nIdc1Kgjuc1dEKL6+564+fXP0y+t6sonCtT4SK+ITFT6I cRkytebvmMxta5t+No2tXtwXS1vCsVc3FEvE4ZCd0qP31uV/trvO/PggmT1gmkxP +YuC2HYBb7czV9FT+o87 =pwfH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--