Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 14:50:34 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time for a firefox-56 port? Message-ID: <20171126035034.GG25761@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <79b4b5e3-3879-1125-9fec-919b580c9caa@egr.msu.edu> References: <20171124011104.GA25761@eureka.lemis.com> <79b4b5e3-3879-1125-9fec-919b580c9caa@egr.msu.edu>
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--j2AXaZ4YhVcLc+PQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 22:27:47 -0500, Adam McDougall wrote: > On 11/23/2017 20:11, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> I've just installed the latest version of firefox and confirmed that >> it breaks both of the addons that make firefox bearable for me >> (firemacs, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firemacs/ >> and It's All Text!, >> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/its-all-text/). So I >> can't use it. >> >> I'm sure I'm not the only person who relies on old addons. How about >> a firefox-56 port until the current problems die down? > > I think www/firefox-esr would give you something like 6 months more of > pre-57 codebase? Yes, I saw that, but the pkg-descr doesn't say what good it is, and the Makefile shows that it's based on 52.5.0, which seems to be rather older than necessary. > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/ Thanks. That helps. I've updated pkg-descr. It also shows that 52.5.0 in fact corresponds to Firefox 57, so the port doesn't help after all. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA --j2AXaZ4YhVcLc+PQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAloaOgoACgkQIubykFB6QiPwSgCePXtmCTiE6hdJOjCyahUe7qXi TegAoKZd44B6XY/73BsHUns48u8WqFoE =IWUM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --j2AXaZ4YhVcLc+PQ--
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