Re: [GNU-linux-libre] firefox and thunderbird HOWTO request

[Karl Goetz]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:07:18 -0300
Nicolás Reynolds <address@hidden> wrote:

> El 11/11/10 08:37, Karl Goetz dijo:
> > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:43:42 -0600
> > Joshua Ismael <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi there.
> > > 
> > > Both thunderbird and firefox have branding issues
> > > and recommend non free plugins, so free distros
> > > can't provide them but have compile another package
> > > based upon it.
> > > 
> > > For parabola we were providing icecat, but the delay
> > > between firefox releases and icecat's causes some
> > > troubles with our repo.
> > 
> > What sort of troubles? Are you able to help gnuzilla to get releases
> > out quicker?
> 
> Arch packages xulrunner and firefox separately. When we get a new
> xulrunner version (due to a firefox update), icecat isn't released
> yet, so we have to hold the old xulrunner version as an exception.

Nod. The joys of xulrunner.

> Probably not the right place to ask, but if icecat has a sort of
> linux-libre script we would be glad to use it.

Not aware of one.

> > > So we are thinking about compiling an unbranded
> > > browser like trisquel.
> > > 
> > > Also, we haven't changed links for thunderbird, so
> > > we ask for your mozconfig for compiling both
> > > projects and any patches you apply if any, or any
> > > instructions that may be helpfull.
> > 
> > Hopefully they are all in gnuzilla. If free distros are doing other
> > freedom patches not in gnuzilla it would be a great thing to get
> > into that project - easier for us all to share :)
> 
> The only change we make to our icecat is to disable/replace Google
> (hidden) services and default search engines for privacy-aware or
> libre content ones, such as duckduckgo, jamendo, etc.

Are these changes in gnuzilla?

> About thunderbird, it comes with it's own xulrunner, does anyone knows
> if it can be built against system xulrunner? Probably asking for more
> version trouble :P

/me stabs mozilla in the face.
kk

-- 
Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
No, I won't join your social networking group

signature.asc
Description: PGP signature