Nils Gillmann writes: > Christopher Lemmer Webber transcribed 1.2K bytes: >> Nils Gillmann writes: >> >> > Ludovic Courtès transcribed 1.1K bytes: >> >> Hello Katherine, >> >> >> >> Katherine Cox-Buday <cox.katherin...@gmail.com> skribis: >> >> >> >> > E.g. I've seen several people in this thread mention they had already, >> >> > or were trying to, package Firefox (myself included). Had there been an >> >> > official non-libre channel, this work might not have been duplicated. >> >> >> >> There will never be an “official” non-libre channel in that Guix as a >> >> project will not provide such a channel. >> >> >> >> Now, Firefox *is* free software, so there’s could be an official >> >> “firefox” package, but in essence, it would have to incorporate pretty >> >> much the same changes that IceCat provides. >> >> >> >> I wonder why IceCat is based on an ESR, and what it would take to have >> >> it follow Firefox releases more closely. >> > >> > I am not involved or speaking for Icecat, but ESR is moving slower than >> > Firefox "master" channel. This alone is good enough to base on it for >> > long-term support when you are a downstream vendor such as Torbrowser, >> > Icecat, or a simple company running a site-specific Firefox. >> >> It would be really nice to be able to have tor browser bundle in GuixSD. > > 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 > Torbrowser-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.
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