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[Bug-gnuzilla] Firefox 62 ? Developer version ?
Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-09-21 11:01:54 UTC
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Hello,

I am Jean-Christophe, the person who wrote the post about building 52.3 on High Sierra.

I'd like to know how hard it is to create an IceCat from the most recent versions of Firefox and eventually from the developer version.

Thank you in advance.


Jean-Christophe Helary
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bill-auger
2018-09-21 21:28:33 UTC
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Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
I'd like to know how hard it is to create an IceCat from the most recent versions of Firefox and eventually from the developer version.
the first thing that leaps to mind is that icecat is built upon the
'ESR' releases - firefox developer edition is a different browser,
released nightly - so even if you succeed at this it would really not
be "icecat" - it would probably better to use the abrowser or
iceweasel recipes, depending on what distro you runl but those may not
be compatible with the nightly release version either - in any case,
this would probably need some expertise and tweaking

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Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-09-22 01:35:28 UTC
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Thank you Bill.

I just read that Steve Wheeler was using IceCat 60, but I'm only seeing 52.6 on the gnu FTP.
Is it just about getting the source from the git repository and then proceeding with the build process ?

Jean-Christophe
Post by bill-auger
Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
I'd like to know how hard it is to create an IceCat from the most recent versions of Firefox and eventually from the developer version.
the first thing that leaps to mind is that icecat is built upon the
'ESR' releases - firefox developer edition is a different browser,
released nightly - so even if you succeed at this it would really not
be "icecat" - it would probably better to use the abrowser or
iceweasel recipes, depending on what distro you runl but those may not
be compatible with the nightly release version either - in any case,
this would probably need some expertise and tweaking
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Jean-Christophe Helary
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carl hansen
2018-09-22 01:55:34 UTC
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 6:35 PM Jean-Christophe Helary
Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
Thank you Bill.
I just read that Steve Wheeler was using IceCat 60, but I'm only seeing 52.6 on the gnu FTP.
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/60.2.0/

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Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-09-22 02:00:17 UTC
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Nice ! :)

Maybe that's information to add to the https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ page ?
Post by carl hansen
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 6:35 PM Jean-Christophe Helary
Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
Thank you Bill.
I just read that Steve Wheeler was using IceCat 60, but I'm only seeing 52.6 on the gnu FTP.
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/60.2.0/
Jean-Christophe Helary
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http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune
bill-auger
2018-09-22 22:02:48 UTC
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 6:35 PM Jean-Christophe Helary
Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
I just read that Steve Wheeler was using IceCat 60
well, i dunno who Steve Wheeler is, but he has great taste in web
browsers - "rock on, steve!"


On Sep 22, 2018, at 10:55, carl hansen
Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/60.2.0/
Maybe that's information to add to the
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ page ?
it is marked as 'alpha' - that means it is not ready yet and possibly
buggy - so that is why it is not shown on the main page

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Jean-Christophe Helary
2018-09-23 10:38:56 UTC
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Post by carl hansen
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 6:35 PM Jean-Christophe Helary
Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
I just read that Steve Wheeler was using IceCat 60
well, i dunno who Steve Wheeler is, but he has great taste in web
browsers - "rock on, steve!"
Steve Wheeler is the other person who replied to me.
Post by carl hansen
On Sep 22, 2018, at 10:55, carl hansen
Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/60.2.0/
Maybe that's information to add to the
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ page ?
it is marked as 'alpha' - that means it is not ready yet and possibly
buggy - so that is why it is not shown on the main page
Sure, but the main page has a link to the git hosting system and there is no link there either. It shouldn't be necessary to ask here to get a link to the alpha sources :)



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Steve Wheeler
2018-09-23 11:22:08 UTC
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Haha, I accidentally replied to Jean-Christophe instead of asking a general question I believe. Anyway, I sorted it out :).

Steve
Post by Jean-Christophe Helary
Hello,
I am Jean-Christophe, the person who wrote the post about building 52.3 on High Sierra.
I'd like to know how hard it is to create an IceCat from the most
recent versions of Firefox and eventually from the developer version.
Thank you in advance.
Jean-Christophe Helary
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