On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 20:03 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I have a question, if anyone here has an answer... > > Is it the intent of the Debian team that Iceweasel actually fork the > codebase, or are they just going to remove the nonfree bits and change > the name of each new Firefox release? If the former, then it will > become a new beast. It is only a matter of time. If the latter, then > it is basically just an unbranded Firefox that they can provide timely > security updates on without having to go through Mozilla.org. > > Does anyone have an answer to this?
The want is unbranded Firefox. It may go the other way. There are parts that are removed that were non-Debian supported platforms (like OS2) and pieces that are completely broken and/or are missing in any case. Looks like a couple of additions are added as security additions. http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ So, I guess it is like what Debian does in any case. Slightly changed but most original. Eventually Debian like to only accept or do patches/additions that are accepted upstream. So, it is like a standard Debian Package, Original with a Diff patch and description. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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