On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Jonathon Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unless things have changed, Chromium does not include the tracking > features of the branded Chrome. Hence, Chromium is fine. Plus it has > the benefit of already being a full open source project.
It doesn't include everything, but it does include a lot of it. This is outlined on the SRWare website. SRWare went through and removed all of the offending code, so perhaps it would be best if Ubuntu/Debian went and talked to them about officially packaging SRWare Iron for inclusion into the Ubuntu and Debian distributions. SRWare Iron has released source code as well, although it appears to be out of date. > Why? Are there distribution restrictions on Chromium? In any event, > Ubuntu distributes Firefox. Maybe talk to Debian? I've posted this on the debian-devel mailing list as well. This was posted out of a concern that Canoncial is thinking about switching over to Chromium in later releases as Lubuntu has done already. I have seen articles of this possibility as well. I don't feel making Chromium the default browser is appropriate until the privacy issues are addressed. I also feel that taking care these issues before a switch to Chromium is even seriously considered is beneficial to everyone. >> I'm willing to put the infinityOS team behind this, > > So you and one other? I have a team of about 5 people at the moment. My team is certainly small, which would prevent us from taking a more central role in such a project, but we would be more than willing to help package it and test it. >> but I would like >> the help and support of the Ubuntu community. >> > > To build and package Chromium? That's already being done for Maverick, > and there are PPA channels for Release, Beta and Daily builds. As infinityOS is based on the Ubuntu codebase and will stay that way, whatever benefits Ubuntu will benefit infinityOS as well. As I have said in prior posts, we intend to give back whatever we take. We have an obligation to contribute to the Ubuntu community, as infinityOS would not be possible without its great amount of work. We would be more than willing to assist in a project to alleviate the privacy concerns of Chromium. > Good luck. > Thank you, Ryan -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss