ports/75580: [PATCH] www/firefox: main merge from debian

[Michael Johnson]

On Dec 28, 2004, at 9:57 PM, Jose M Rodriguez wrote:



> Michael Johnson wrote:
>
>
>> Since we are approved for official build of firefox we can not apply  
>> this patch
>> according to  
>> http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/l10n-policy.html ,
>> but we can either try to get permission, which I doubt we can from  
>> looking
>> at the debian mailing lists about this patch, or make a master slave  
>> port of firefox ie: firefox-locales which would include this patch  
>> and not include any official
>> branding.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
> The main problem is that, without the patched extension manager, is  
> near impossible integrate extensions/themes from ports/packages.
>
> The other solution is use a vfb server to do the work required as  
> root, but I've bad feedback on this.
>
> I carefully documented what is done. Most of the patches have real  
> sense in a Unix env and
> does't violates any mozilla policies.
>
yeah, those we should be able to apply with out any problem at all.

> I posted this to now:
>
> - If any of the patches have a side ill efect.
> - If any of the patches have any problem with mozilla logos or  
> trademarks
> - If sugested fixes/functionality don't get the price.
>
> Please, review this, bit by bit.
>
> Most of this (I'm not sure about all) may be valid for, at last, a  
> 'comunity release'.
>
> Also, part of this can be make from extra-patches and controlled from  
> options if you need branding for
> official builds.
That won't work, I've already been in discussion with mozilla team &  
gentoo mozilla team about options like this,
  it'll have to be totally separate port with different name all  
together (has to be "Firefox Community Edition"
and port name firefox-community-edition).

> you can get a better view of all this work by
> $ cd wk
> $ tar -xjf .../firefox-1.0-source.tar.bz2
> $ fetch  
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla- 
> firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-1.diff.gz
> $ cd mozilla
> $ zcat ../mozilla-firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-1.diff.gz patch -p1
>
I'll take a closer look at this patch tonight and try to see what we  
are able to use.

> Right now, get a way to install extension/themes/langpacks from ports  
> seems most important that
> mozilla icons
It's not just icons, its the Firefox name. The mozilla team reserves  
the right to take the firefox name away
from us.

> (none of our ports works with the new firefox/thunderbird extensions  
> manager).
>
> --
>  josemi
>