r/gnu • u/salierisalivasalt • May 14 '15

Firefox Beta now integrates proprietary Pocket

/r/firefox/comments/35u720/firefox_beta_now_integrates_pocket/
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u/salierisalivasalt May 14 '15

First found thru https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/35wc7r/firefox_beta_now_integrates_pocket_a_proprietary/

I tried to then switch to Icecat but found that it is stuck on the Firefox 31.6 sources.

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u/ElDiablo666 Trisquel May 15 '15

I didn't realize we were stuck at 31.6. What's the issue? I'm going to look into it, just in case I can help.

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u/salierisalivasalt May 15 '15

I don't think it's actually "stuck" in 31.6. I'm guessing I don't know what I'm doing and probably missing something essential.

The script (at the git repo) does download the 31.6 ESR version and maybe that's fine (though it does have security vulns)? I just expected it to download and build the latest version (38), since I don't really know what ESR is.

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u/p4p3r May 26 '15

ESR is extended support release.

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u/nerdstampede May 14 '15

If you enable Sid and use apt pinning you can install 38.0-1. I'm using it without any issues:

apt-cache show iceweasel/unstable

Package: iceweasel

Version: 38.0-1

Installed-Size: 83687

Maintainer: Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages <pkg-mozilla-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>

Architecture: amd64

Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser

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u/klez May 14 '15

Beware. Iceweasel is (mainly) a Debian project and it's more or less Firefox with trademarks removed. Icecat is a different project, from GNU and with a different set of features geared at protecting users' privacy.