[Bug 1698501] [NEW] Please package a version of Firefox without SSE2

[hackerb9]

Public bug reported:

As has been noted in Bug 1697800, Firefox now dies on machines which
Ubuntu still supports (i686). This is a critical problem as Firefox was
the only modern web browser that did not require the SSE2 extensions and
Ubuntu has committed to long term support for machines without SSE2.

While Bug 1697800 is dealing with the urgent matter of Ubuntu systems
breaking right now, I'm filing this bug to request a long term solution.
According to Mozilla's Support page (https://support.mozilla.org/en-
US/kb/your-hardware-no-longer-supported):

    "The processor requirements of Firefox as distributed by Linux
distributions may differ from the processor requirements of Firefox as
distributed by Mozilla, so you may be able to obtain an up-to-date
version of Firefox that does not require SSE2 from your Linux
distribution."

I don't know how hard this would be, but could the Ubuntu-Mozilla Team
please look into compiling a version of Firefox that does not require
SSE2?

Thank you.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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