From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Gerwitz Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox Date: Sat, 05 May 2018 21:24:34 -0400 Message-ID: <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87y3h1g42q.fsf@lassieur.org> <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> 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]:41513) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fF8RD-0000yO-GP for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2018 21:26:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fF8RC-0003n9-Ek for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2018 21:26:07 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42468) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fF8RC-0003n5-AI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2018 21:26:06 -0400 Received: from localhost ([::1]:45602 helo=mikegerwitz-pc.gerwitz.local) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fF8RB-0001q3-RR for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2018 21:26:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> (Adonay Felipe Nogueira's message of "Sat, 05 May 2018 19:06:27 -0300") 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: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 19:06:27 -0300, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote: > I have noticed somepeople advocating for packaging Firefox in GNU Guix, > and since FF still has freedom issues, I see it as a no-go. A simple option for now is to package FF by disabling those features and _not_ providing an alternative. For example, IceCat loads a different addon page than FF; we could just load no addon page at all, or a static one saying that it's something'll we'll get to eventually. I have no suggestions for dealing with the trademark issue, though. > What if, instead of making Guix's own "IceCat based on latest > Firefox", we do get in touch with IceCat project instead so that they > get convinced to use "latest Firefox" (and perhaps help them?) instead > of ESR? We (GNU) are looking for co-maintainers for IceCat. If anyone expresses interest with your suggestion, please have them contact maintainers@gnu.org. > Another option is to package Trisquel's Abrowser. Isn't Abrowser more up-to-date than IceCat is? It's maintained by the same person (Rub=C3=A9n), but I haven't used Trisquel on a desktop in quite some time. =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 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJa7llSAAoJEIyRe39dxRui6LcQAIFf7mtnEx0+zesRdn7RDy7U 3ShKMldx2E8WrGiZlN1aQjtxhLb2a5yR0kcZmdT9VFXWqX7/Yys5Z14buldt8RU5 Jk00tb2UrCUN6gkanb5XB9QelyraBkxtbikwbBZkwiVWxBUfF5zJEJESvLovtmFm xQOgg9wCTLKdye+ZEQ6Qr7qC6Q4SI7vAeW8NRN285Zp1jhaO5+ivZ20ZZarzjrMl 3XZFz9Vcw5fW6eDpnQnUGLvGpheXHiA6YNhiFJomWIc4mPzEs27F8QGLLiF6YhQp Eici3AaycbCw+oIXbZ1CRtYDz6HDrTAnDBT9OlFKNf1zyKZe2ve7gbKr+qzKIcgm 3W7gNQZe00D0R4eXkoyWclDVruVl31GABOhAKnZgbxzMBPN1Uc6ZujwNogb3ZNLP tJ00VYmAMvVU3gp40n/7xm/7HfOGU4S4kzBmS3RpdRYbP5Vtcuh0LJRAVzrXfcy7 QlKC0xftJ/WctUc70nLEczITTr4q8DMSfnxuGkomDxcJ0fxS7Z73epzUeMkbF/UT 8o/zIRK4ye6G8qfteBGpxR3/8dRPsRP85DAvUU9WjElPcGbW39k1lg6btpLeGW+E ZYbx56EUH7vnSGPERyV48GyOzWKBg4G/2ac8Kpw2AL2yXbi0GOISeh9W+bs8vWbQ Skz4bsWr3a8sAgZhfAfO =Xoc4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--