From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Lemmer Webber Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 12:57:22 -0500 Message-ID: <87h8n6go71.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> <20180506125312.aadd4fixeungiwv6@thebird.nl> <87fu2rip0r.fsf@gmail.com> <20180516181028.1a9cd04b@merlin.browniehive.net> <878t8jiiwx.fsf@gmail.com> <87vabm1po2.fsf@gnu.org> <20180517134744.ngrwyjvfx7yod5sq@abyayala> <87k1s2gvx8.fsf@dustycloud.org> <20180517152916.swplt5md7h4mb5o2@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53516) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJN9d-0006Vu-2i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 13:57:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJN9Y-00013d-1B for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 13:57:29 -0400 In-reply-to: <20180517152916.swplt5md7h4mb5o2@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: Nils Gillmann Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Nils Gillmann writes: > Christopher Lemmer Webber transcribed 1.2K bytes: >> Nils Gillmann writes: >>=20 >> > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s transcribed 1.1K bytes: >> >> Hello Katherine, >> >>=20 >> >> Katherine Cox-Buday skribis: >> >>=20 >> >> > E.g. I've seen several people in this thread mention they had alr= eady, >> >> > or were trying to, package Firefox (myself included). Had there b= een an >> >> > official non-libre channel, this work might not have been duplica= ted. >> >>=20 >> >> There will never be an =E2=80=9Cofficial=E2=80=9D non-libre channel= in that Guix as a >> >> project will not provide such a channel. >> >>=20 >> >> Now, Firefox *is* free software, so there=E2=80=99s could be an off= icial >> >> =E2=80=9Cfirefox=E2=80=9D package, but in essence, it would have to= incorporate pretty >> >> much the same changes that IceCat provides. >> >>=20 >> >> I wonder why IceCat is based on an ESR, and what it would take to h= ave >> >> it follow Firefox releases more closely. >> > >> > I am not involved or speaking for Icecat, but ESR is moving slower t= han >> > Firefox "master" channel. This alone is good enough to base on it fo= r >> > long-term support when you are a downstream vendor such as Torbrowse= r, >> > Icecat, or a simple company running a site-specific Firefox. >>=20 >> It would be really nice to be able to have tor browser bundle in GuixS= D. > > TL;DR is we can have it and I will pick up work on it again pretty soon= . > (We had the idea for a custom browser based on Torbrowser, so I have a > requirement beyond simply using it.) > > Under the conditions (for packaging torbrowser) I talked about with Tor= browser-project > it is okay to ship it fully branded. I will have to get back to them as= soon > as I am past the current bug and got it building. Hey, that's great news! Thank you :)