* [ISSUE] Document the "no firefox fork package" policy
@ 2023-06-05 17:13 vincele
2023-06-05 17:18 ` mhmdanas
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From: vincele @ 2023-06-05 17:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ml
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New issue by vincele on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/44281
Description:
I was searching for librewolf to try it, and after a while found the bunch of closed / won't fix issues.
After reading a few of them and seeing the irritation they seem to cause, I then searched into the FAQ to see if this fact is documented in there and did not find anything.
I think this policy (looks like it's not only for firefox) could be documented somewhere, to help alleviate the duplicated issues and questions. And the invitation to use flatpacks instead, could also be explained at the same place.
FYI: I tried the nix package manager on top of void, and its librewolf is usable. Too bad the nix void package is not working on musl x86_64 void (see #37382).
Did I miss something ?
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* Re: Document the "no firefox fork package" policy
2023-06-05 17:13 [ISSUE] Document the "no firefox fork package" policy vincele
@ 2023-06-05 17:18 ` mhmdanas
2023-06-05 18:05 ` vincele
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From: mhmdanas @ 2023-06-05 17:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ml
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New comment by mhmdanas on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/44281#issuecomment-1577181136
Comment:
This is mentioned in [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/aa13922f5c0aa55184c364c1bbf7075b3b26c0a9/CONTRIBUTING.md):
> Browser forks, including those based on Chromium and Firefox, are generally not accepted.
Such forks require heavy patching, maintenance and hours of build time.
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* Re: Document the "no firefox fork package" policy
2023-06-05 17:13 [ISSUE] Document the "no firefox fork package" policy vincele
2023-06-05 17:18 ` mhmdanas
@ 2023-06-05 18:05 ` vincele
2023-06-05 18:06 ` vincele
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From: vincele @ 2023-06-05 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ml
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New comment by vincele on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/44281#issuecomment-1577242511
Comment:
Ah, yes, OK, my bad.
But this does not look like the most visible place, especially wrt non-contributors requesting for package additions...
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* Re: Document the "no firefox fork package" policy
2023-06-05 17:13 [ISSUE] Document the "no firefox fork package" policy vincele
2023-06-05 17:18 ` mhmdanas
2023-06-05 18:05 ` vincele
@ 2023-06-05 18:06 ` vincele
2023-06-05 19:04 ` mhmdanas
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From: vincele @ 2023-06-05 18:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ml
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New comment by vincele on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/44281#issuecomment-1577242511
Comment:
Ah, yes, OK, my bad. Should have grepped...
But this does not look like the most visible place, especially wrt non-contributors requesting for package additions...
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* Re: Document the "no firefox fork package" policy
2023-06-05 17:13 [ISSUE] Document the "no firefox fork package" policy vincele
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2023-06-05 18:06 ` vincele
@ 2023-06-05 19:04 ` mhmdanas
2023-06-05 20:12 ` [ISSUE] [CLOSED] " vincele
2023-06-05 20:14 ` mhmdanas
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From: mhmdanas @ 2023-06-05 19:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ml
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New comment by mhmdanas on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/44281#issuecomment-1577321309
Comment:
Perhaps, but that's where the package requirements happen to be for now.
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* Re: [ISSUE] [CLOSED] Document the "no firefox fork package" policy
2023-06-05 17:13 [ISSUE] Document the "no firefox fork package" policy vincele
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2023-06-05 19:04 ` mhmdanas
@ 2023-06-05 20:12 ` vincele
2023-06-05 20:14 ` mhmdanas
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From: vincele @ 2023-06-05 20:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ml
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Closed issue by vincele on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/44281
Description:
I was searching for librewolf to try it, and after a while found the bunch of closed / won't fix issues.
After reading a few of them and seeing the irritation they seem to cause, I then searched into the FAQ to see if this fact is documented in there and did not find anything.
I think this policy (looks like it's not only for firefox) could be documented somewhere, to help alleviate the duplicated issues and questions. And the invitation to use flatpacks instead, could also be explained at the same place.
FYI: I tried the nix package manager on top of void, and its librewolf is usable. Too bad the nix void package is not working on musl x86_64 void (see #37382).
Did I miss something ?
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* Re: Document the "no firefox fork package" policy
2023-06-05 17:13 [ISSUE] Document the "no firefox fork package" policy vincele
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2023-06-05 20:12 ` [ISSUE] [CLOSED] " vincele
@ 2023-06-05 20:14 ` mhmdanas
5 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: mhmdanas @ 2023-06-05 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ml
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New comment by mhmdanas on void-packages repository
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/44281#issuecomment-1577414386
Comment:
Also, note that the user is pointed to the package requirements in the package request template anyway, so this is a non-issue in that context.
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