Mike Gerwitz transcribed 2.2K bytes: > 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.
For the majority of people it will be "weird" to load add-ons not via the Mozlla Store, but if explained before usage it can work out. I thin with regards to Addons of Mozilla based software, we just have to reimplement what Nix does for the Addons. > I have no suggestions for dealing with the trademark issue, though. The branding "aurora" (building without branding) is trademark free. What remains are mentions of "Firefo" in some places. > > 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 > maintain...@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 (Rubén), but I haven't used Trisquel on a desktop in quite > some time. > > -- > Mike Gerwitz > Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer > GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B 2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05 > https://mikegerwitz.com
