Lenin, This was ultimately Mozilla's decision as part of the redistribution agreement. Mozilla could have just pulled it from being redistributed at all. This was the only way they were willing to allow Firefox to be redistributed as part of Ubuntu.
Additionally, for anyone who might read this, and since I have the feeling this can turn into a heated discussion: To maintain a respectful atmosphere, please follow the code of conduct - http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct. Bug reports are handled by humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear this in mind. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1962021 Title: Make the deb package install the firefox snap Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Canonical and Mozilla are working together to make the firefox snap the only supported package in Ubuntu, thus deprecating the deb package in the archive. This bug tracks the transformation of the firefox package in the archive into a transitional package that installs the snap, much like was done for chromium-browser in Ubuntu 19.10. There are a number of known problems and regressions with the snap compared to the deb (see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=snap and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bugs?field.tag=snap), those are actively being worked on and will be addressed in due time, please refrain from using this bug to point them out. Instead, file separate bugs in the upstream bug tracker (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi), making sure to specify this is about the snap package. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1962021/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
