Is Ubuntu going to adapt Ice Weasel?

[Markus Lutzer]

Daniel Robitaille schrieb:
> On Sat, 2006-07-10 at 19:24 +0200, Pavel Rojtberg wrote:
>> Regarding the Firefox issue, Debian already changed the name to Ice 
>> Weasel, since their request to postpone it after the etch release was 
>> rejected.
>> But what is Ubuntu going to do for edgy? Basically the objections 
>> mozilla has also apply to Ubuntu since it uses the same ff version which 
>> mozilla  did not want to be in etch.
>> Debian could do the switch in about one week, so it could be possible to 
>> switch for edgy without deferring the release.
>>
>> But this depends on whether you want to switch at all or if a patch 
>> review by mozilla would be ok for ubuntu.
>>
>> I, for one, would vote for switching but Id like to hear the official 
>> position.
>>
>> Pavel
>>
> 
> Is Debian going to produce their own "Ice Weasel" package, or they are
> going to use the one provided by the GNU Project:
> http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3636651
> 
> Personally, I think all this is silly.  Users expect Ubuntu to be an OS
> that comes with many things, including a Firefox that looks like the
> Firefox anyone else uses.   And personally I never cared with all the
> small modifications Ubuntu do the Firefox before putting it in the
> repositories.  Half the time I end up using the binary from mozilla.org
> because I want the latest security upgrades (without waiting for days),
> or I want to use a newer version than the one provided by Ubuntu (for
> example, I run FF 2 on Dapper).
> 
> I think having a large delta between Ubuntu's Firefox and Mozilla's
> Firefox simply create more maintenance and support headaches than
> anything else . And nowadays it creates more frictions and politics than
> most users care or need.

I do agree!