Hallo! First of all, let me state this e-mail is not intended to apportion blame on anyone.
With Firefox ESR version 38.3 being released some days ago and IceCat still basing on version 31.8 with only some patches backported, I think there is urgent need for a statement clarifying the intention of IceCat. On the website it is said that IceCat's main advantage is an ethical one, in such that it is free. Written below this, some privacy enhancing features are listed. This is misleading and dangerous. One could think that using IceCat will enhance your privacy. Having a version with well documented security bugs for months now definitely is clearly proving the opposite. So as first step it is necessary to make a clarifying statement on the website that using IceCat exposes you to significant risk and it should not be used on productive systems. Then it should be decided how IceCat can go on in future, which is its purpose and how it can be achieved. But for the time, in my opinion, the stated goal of IceCat is not in line with reality. Best regards, Dimitris
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