Question about Icecat release (was Re: general policies)

[Yuchen Pei]

On Thu 2023-09-21 12:41:02 -0400, bill-auger wrote:

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> the FSD now features a prominent warning _not_ to use icecat; which was the
> responsible thing to do - i dont even care to criticize anymore - im done with
> that game

Here's the FSD warning (<https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gnuzilla>):

> ⚠ Outdated official binary release

> Since 2019, IceCat is maintained only as source code. The last IceCat binary 
> release was version 60.7.0, and is no longer supported. Guix and Parabola 
> have up-to-date IceCat binaries. Please ask your distro to package IceCat.

Why has there been no binary release since 60.7.0?

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Best,
Yuchen

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