Package: firefox-esr Version: 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer,
Version 52 of firefox-esr jessie is with gtk+-3.0. I would be glad if you reconsider building it with gtk+-2.0. Here is my reasoning: - Firefox 52 still can be built with gtk+-2.0 - It is the Firefox version to be used until mid 2018. - Jessie is already late in its lifecycle (soon to be oldstable). It will be even older in mid 2018. - All the previous Iceweasel and Firefox versions that has been in jessie were built with gtk+-2.0 - There is no benefit changing the gtk version this late since Stretch release is imminent and users who can benefit from using Firefox with gtk+-3.0 can upgrade to Stretch - I use an extension that doesn't work with gtk 3.0 and it is not likely to be ported. I would like to use it as long as I can. There may be dozens of users like me in a similar situation :) Even though my main motivation is for selfish reasons I think building the new Firefox with old gtk is more appropriate for (old)stable distribution since it is still a suppported build option and it is a more conservative jump from Firefox 45. Please consider building with gtk+-2.0. Best regards