On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 00:36 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> * Why haven't those that want iceweasel and icedove in Fedora not
> simply invested some time and got them integrated into the repository?(ยน)
Because having both Iceweasel and Firefox in the repository, in addition to
being stupid by itself, would also mean shipping 2 different versions of
xulrunner (because there's where most of the offending patches live).
And besides, it's not that we want Iceweasel, it's that we DO NOT WANT
Firefox since it does not follow Fedora policies. Having both would not
actually solve any problem.
Proving that we can package Iceweasel and Icedove into Fedora and wind
up with workable software is a big step on that road, though. I think
making Iceweasel and Icedove packages and then floating the proposal
"switch from these guideline-infringing Firefox and Thunderbird packages
to these non-guideline-infringing Iceweasel and Icedove packages that
already exist and are tested" would get much more momentum than just
complaining that the Firefox and Thunderbird packages are infringing.
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