On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 01:33:33PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >... > It is indeed not realistic to fit all fast-changing code projects into > Debian. We have made a few fast-paced projects like Firefox fit, but in > my opinion we did that in a problematic way: By endorsing embedded code > copies, which is painful to maintain. > > I think we should not relax our rules, but (improve our packages so that > we can) tighten our rules to apply more consistently - e.g. avoid > embedded code copies also in Firefox. >...
Embedded code copies are the smallest problem with Firefox, and on that I would actually trust Mozilla to release fixes quickly. The huge pain with Firefox is that it has a history of needing updated versions of at least 5 different compilers in Debian stable series: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gcc-mozilla https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/llvm-toolchain-7 https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rustc https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nasm-mozilla https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nodejs-mozilla IMHO the best option for Firefox would be to stop shipping it in stable, and offer a Flatpak instead. > - Jonas cu Adrian