Bug#878425: it's all text will stop working in Firefox 57
On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 10:41:19PM +0200, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 10:53:28AM -0400, Antoine Beaupre wrote: > > Package: xul-ext-itsalltext > > Version: 1.9.2-2 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: upstream > > > > Once Firefox 57 hits the archive, this extension will completely stop > > working, as it relies on the older XUL API. It also cannot be ported > > to the new web-ext API cleanly, as it is a fundamental shift in the > > way it works: > > This is now affecting even stable. Upstream makes it clear that no > conversion to web extensions is planned (as it would require a complete > rewrite). > > @David, let's turn this into a removal bug. No objections were raised within a month, so I've now filed a removal bug. Cheers, Moritz
Bug#878425: it's all text will stop working in Firefox 57
On 2018-09-09 22:41:19, Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 10:53:28AM -0400, Antoine Beaupre wrote: >> Package: xul-ext-itsalltext >> Version: 1.9.2-2 >> Severity: normal >> Tags: upstream >> >> Once Firefox 57 hits the archive, this extension will completely stop >> working, as it relies on the older XUL API. It also cannot be ported >> to the new web-ext API cleanly, as it is a fundamental shift in the >> way it works: > > This is now affecting even stable. Upstream makes it clear that no > conversion to web extensions is planned (as it would require a complete > rewrite). > > @David, let's turn this into a removal bug. For what it's worth, I've switched to GhostText as a replacement: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghosttext/ https://github.com/GhostText/GhostText It requires an editor plugin, but any "it's all text" replacement will require some sort of userland support because the way webext works now. I suspect many more xul-ext-* packages are in this situation and might need removal, btw. A. -- What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. - Angela Davis
Bug#878425: it's all text will stop working in Firefox 57
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 10:53:28AM -0400, Antoine Beaupre wrote: > Package: xul-ext-itsalltext > Version: 1.9.2-2 > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream > > Once Firefox 57 hits the archive, this extension will completely stop > working, as it relies on the older XUL API. It also cannot be ported > to the new web-ext API cleanly, as it is a fundamental shift in the > way it works: This is now affecting even stable. Upstream makes it clear that no conversion to web extensions is planned (as it would require a complete rewrite). @David, let's turn this into a removal bug. Cheers, Moritz
Bug#878425: it's all text will stop working in Firefox 57
Package: xul-ext-itsalltext Version: 1.9.2-2 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Once Firefox 57 hits the archive, this extension will completely stop working, as it relies on the older XUL API. It also cannot be ported to the new web-ext API cleanly, as it is a fundamental shift in the way it works: https://github.com/docwhat/itsalltext/issues/94 The most promising alternative seems to be GhostText: https://github.com/GhostText/GhostText ... which should be packaged for Debian. Maybe it could beprovided as a replacement package for this? -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental'), (1, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages xul-ext-itsalltext depends on: ii firefox-esr 52.4.0esr-1~deb9u1 xul-ext-itsalltext recommends no packages. xul-ext-itsalltext suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
