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I got an email from BountySource that they're going to start taking old bounties for themselves starting *2020-07-1* (reproduced below) In my opinion the bounty was already earned when this issue was resolved but I don't know who gets to be the arbiter. ``` Hi, You are receiving this email because we are updating the Bountysource Terms of Service, effective 1st July 2020. What's changing? We have added a Time-Out clause to the Bounties section of the agreement: 2.13 Bounty Time-Out. If no Solution is accepted within two years after a Bounty is posted, then the Bounty will be withdrawn and the amount posted for the Bounty will be retained by Bountysource. For Bounties posted before June 30, 2018, the Backer may redeploy their Bounty to a new Issue by contacting supp...@bountysource.com before July 1, 2020. If the Backer does not redeploy their Bounty by the deadline, the Bounty will be withdrawn and the amount posted for the Bounty will be retained by Bountysource. You can read the full Terms of Service here What do I need to do? If you agree to the new terms, you don't have to do anything. If you have a bounty posted prior to June 30, 2018 that is not currently being solved, email us at supp...@bountysource.com to redeploy your bounty. Or, if you do not agree with the new terms, please discontinue using Bountysource. Thanks for reading Bountysource Team ``` -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688592 Title: Missing VA-API hardware decoding support drains battery Status in Mozilla Firefox: Fix Released Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Current devices ship with graphics devices supporting hardware decoding of certain video formats. While doing that, energy can be saved, as the main processor can go to sleep, and the graphics devices do their jobs more efficiently saving energy. Today, the browser is used a lot to watch movies. Unfortunately, the Firefox browser does not support VA-API hardware decoding, which is the interface to be used for Intel graphics device, which are included in current Intel processors. The issue in the Mozilla bug tracker [1] is open for over two years. Currently, this missing feature is a major show stopper for people using Ubuntu GNU/Linux on their laptops, as compared to Microsoft Windows one battery charge(?) lasts noticeably less time. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1210727 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1688592/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
