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| + | Is there any reason why IceCat is skipping updates? - It's due to lack of developer resources. [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00002.html source of information] | ||
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== Arch == | == Arch == | ||
There are 2 icecat Arch User Repositories (AUR), icecat and icecat-bin | There are 2 icecat Arch User Repositories (AUR), icecat and icecat-bin | ||
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* [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gnuzilla Gnuzilla/Icecat in the Free Software Directory] | * [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gnuzilla Gnuzilla/Icecat in the Free Software Directory] | ||
* see also [[#GUIX]] | * see also [[#GUIX]] | ||
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| + | In GNU Guix <https://gnu.org/s/guix> we keep our IceCat package up-to-date by promptly running the 'makeicecat' script on the latest Firefox ESR release whenever Mozilla issues security updates. We had to abandon use of the IceCat-provided source tarballs for the reason you mention. | ||
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| + | You could use the IceCat from Guix, or you could run the 'makeicecat' script yourself to produce an up-to-date IceCat source tarball from the corresponding Firefox ESR source tarball. You can find 'makeicecat' in the Gnuzilla git repository, here: | ||
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| + | http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git | ||
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| + | [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/2019-05/msg00002.html source of information] | ||
== GUIX == | == GUIX == | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 20 August 2019
Contents
General informations
Is there any reason why IceCat is skipping updates? - It's due to lack of developer resources. source of information
Arch
There are 2 icecat Arch User Repositories (AUR), icecat and icecat-bin
- packages: icecat (AUR), icecat-bin (AUR)
- list in the wiki with firefox spin offs including icecat, icecat-bin
Debian
Debian 7 "Wheezy"
Debian 8 "Jessie"
- done by one person, maybe with wrong/old version strings, x86_64 only, x86 on request: source of information software source binary
Debian 9 "Stretch"
- package created by one person, x86_64 only, x86 on request: source of information software source binary
- one person uses Trisquel 8 packages for Debian 9 source of information
Gentoo
A portage overlay (like an additional repository) by one person
gNewSense
not available? https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2019-03/msg00002.html see comment on ML from Johan Andersson on Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:36:54]
GNU
The vanilla icecat/gnuzilla:
- git with source
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/
- Gnuzilla/Icecat in the Free Software Directory
- see also #GUIX
In GNU Guix <https://gnu.org/s/guix> we keep our IceCat package up-to-date by promptly running the 'makeicecat' script on the latest Firefox ESR release whenever Mozilla issues security updates. We had to abandon use of the IceCat-provided source tarballs for the reason you mention.
You could use the IceCat from Guix, or you could run the 'makeicecat' script yourself to produce an up-to-date IceCat source tarball from the corresponding Firefox ESR source tarball. You can find 'makeicecat' in the Gnuzilla git repository, here:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git
GUIX
- GUIX source of information Get the source by using guix build --source icecat
Parabola
- request for collaboration on the parabola ML by bill-auger
- Packaging request #2411 for 60.7.0
- Parabola package search for icecat
- wiki about icecat
- report of compiling Iceweasel 66.0.1 with minor changes to PKGBUILD and patching
Trisquel
- discussion in the forum about "Abrowser or IceCat?"
- Wiki page about abrowser "Abrowser is Trisquel's version of Mozilla's popular web browser with the trademarked logos replaced."
Trisquel 8
done by one person, x86_64 only, x86 on request:
