Re: Will icecat and or iceweasel and or iceape and or icedove be packaged for Ubuntu Linux

[Hund]

On March 29, 2021 1:38:36 AM GMT+02:00, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 at 00:36, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>>
>> 1. The snowballing problem with Netscape tarballs, that I encountered,
>> was that, every time that a new version became available, rather than
>> being able to update it, I had to create a new subdirectory for the new
>> version tarball, put it in that, then decompress it, and I ended up with
>> seven or more directory levels for Netscape. It just kept snowballing.
>
>You don't need to do all that. The Ubuntuzilla server always hosts the
>latest Mozilla source, compiled for Ubuntu and Debian, in x86-32 and
>x86-64. I've been using it for Seamonkey for well over a decade.
>
>https://sourceforge.net/p/ubuntuzilla/wiki/Main_Page/
>
>> 2. My reason for wanting to shift away from the Mozilla software, was
>> the elimination of all of the ozilla hosted support mailing lists -
>> lists.mozilla.org is being exterminated by Mozilla.
>
>Why is that a total dealbreaker? I have been using Mozilla browsers
>since they were Netscape browsers -- circa 1995 I was negotiating with
>Netscape Inc directly, in person, to include Netscape Navigator and
>Netscape Communicator on the PC Pro magazine cover CD-ROM. (PC
>@uthority in Australia.)
>
>I've never needed their support lists. I've raised a handful of bugs
>on their bug tracker over more than a quarter of a century, and they
>were responsive.
>
>https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
>
>The reason that Iceweasel etc existed was a trademark policy dispute
>between the Debian and Mozilla organizations, now resolved amicably.
>The products are no longer being updated, I think.
>
>Personally, I switched from Firefox to Waterfox:
>
>https://www.waterfox.net/
>
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Waterfox was sold to System1 back in 2019. Which apparently is a U.S. pay-per-click ad company.

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Hund