Bug 24152 - icecat, IceCat, GNU version of Firefox
Summary: icecat, IceCat, GNU version of Firefox
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New RPM package request (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: All Packagers
QA Contact:
URL: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2019-01-07 16:26 CET by andre salaun
Modified: 2019-01-08 19:34 CET (History)
7 users (show)

See Also:
Source RPM:
CVE:
Status comment:


Attachments

Description andre salaun 2019-01-07 16:26:45 CET
I read that firefox would integrate advertising in 2019.
If so, can it be replaced by IceCat in Mageia 7? And provide a backport for Mageia 6?
Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2019-01-08 14:12:01 CET
Note that we do already have IceApe (SeaMonkey)

Does GNUzilla/IceCat have advantages over IceApe?

Anyway, assigning this package request to all packagers collectively. On a voluntary basis, one of them might, if there are no license or other legal issues, want to integrate it to the distribution and maintain it for bug and security fixes.

You might also want to join the packager team to maintain this piece of software: see https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager

I'm adjusting the summary, because replacing Firefox should be discussed on dev ml. CC'ing the dev team, security team leaders and some more packagers who can tell whether such discussion should be started.

URL: (none) => https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
CC: (none) => cjw, luigiwalser, mageia, mageia, marja11, ngompa13, thierry.vignaud
Summary: Replace Firefox with IceCat in case of advertising. => icecat, IceCat, GNU version of Firefox
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs

Comment 2 David Walser 2019-01-08 14:13:28 CET
Icecat is just about branding, it has nothing to do with advertising.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID

Comment 3 Martin Whitaker 2019-01-08 19:34:05 CET
(In reply to David Walser from comment #2)
> Icecat is just about branding, it has nothing to do with advertising.

https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/04/30/a-privacy-conscious-approach-to-sponsored-content/

I can't see that ever being allowed into IceCat.

Having said that, it's easy to disable in Firefox, so not a big problem IMO. Mind you, I use SeaMonkey, so am not affected anyway...

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.