Packaging Request #1549
[firefox-wayland-git (iceweasel-wayland-git)] Add package to PCR
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Description
Description: The libre web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. With Wayland patches from gecko-dev.
License: MPL GPL LGPL (same as standard Iceweasel package)
AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-wayland-git/
PKGBUILD: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=firefox-wayland-git
gecko-dev source: https://github.com/stransky/gecko-dev
Mozilla are currently working towards porting Firefox to Wayland: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=635134. The main issue with porting is Gecko but a lot of progress has been made and it is now possible to run Firefox without using xwayland. Though this requires using the developer version of Gecko.
The AUR package ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-wayland-git/ ) does build but it would need the Mozilla branding replaced with the Debian Iceweasel branding. Plus non-free services like Pocket would need removing.
Assigned oaken-source as discussed on IRC.
History
Updated by oaken-source over 3 years ago
- Status changed from open to wont-fix
introducing another variant of the ice* browsers is probably not worth it right now.
closing as stale.