[Bug 223597] New port: www/palemoon Open Source Goanna-based web browser

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            Bug ID: 223597
           Summary: New port: www/palemoon Open Source Goanna-based web
                    browser
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: freebsd-ports-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: lichray at gmail.com

Created attachment 187909
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=187909&action=edit
patch (svn)

A Firefox-fork which is popular with those people who chose Firefox for using
the XUL extensions.  For them, Pale Moon is just the way Firefox should be.

Porting notes:

The porting is greatly simplified with the existing gecko supporting framework
in ports.  The software has the same requirements as a Firefox ~24.  With this
patch,

 - bundled jemalloc3 is always required.  We could patch the source and let it
use system jemalloc, but that would only benefit FreeBSD 10.
 - not patched to use system sndio or ogg.  Since we are not using system
jemalloc, it may further downgrade the memory stats if we use too much shared
libraries.
 - still sharing Makefile.options with www/firefox, although some options don't
apply; INTEGER_SAMPLES display but have no effect.  We could patch
www/firefox/Makefile.options to hide this (in a separate issue, maybe).
 - TEST doesn't work due to messy #include_nexts among libc++, libc, and
stlport.  I gave it up.  After all, this browser is not eagerly adopting new
technologies like Firefox, and my observation confirmed its stability.

This PR is filed in Pale Moon + Pentadactyl.

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