Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Thunderbird recommending non-free software

[Sam Geeraerts]

Rubén Rodríguez Pérez schreef:
> I've realized that, as Firefox, Thunderbird points the users to
> addons.mozilla.org for extensions, a site listing non-free software.
> This must be avoided redirecting the users to a list of free add-ons.
>
> This can be easily fixed by changing some default config chains:
>
> $ cat /etc/thunderbird/pref/freedom-settings.js 
> // Preferences for the Get Add-ons panel
> pref ("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false);
> pref ("extensions.getAddons.browseAddons",
> "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html";);
> pref("extensions.getAddons.maxResults", 5);
> pref ("extensions.getAddons.recommended.browseURL",
> "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html";);
> pref ("extensions.getAddons.recommended.url",
> "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html";);
> pref ("extensions.getAddons.search.browseURL",
> "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html";);
> pref ("extensions.getAddons.search.url",
> "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html";);
> pref ("extensions.getMoreExtensionsURL" ,
> "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html";);
> pref ("extensions.getMorePluginsURL" ,
> "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html";);
> pref ("extensions.getMoreThemesURL" ,
> "http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html";);
> // Dictionary download preference
> pref("browser.dictionaries.download.url", "http://gnuzilla.gnu.org";);

I think only extensions.getMoreExtensionsURL and 
extensions.getMoreThemesURL apply, unless Thunderbird's about:config 
doesn't show all valid settings. These settings can also be added to the 
existing file /etc/thunderbird/pref/thunderbird.js, which would make 
patching a little bit easier.

Bug reported: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00293
I'll see about a patch. Shouldn't be much more than a one-liner like 
gen-gnome-desktop to add the lines to debian/thunderbird.js.