Re: #522196 - RFP: gnu icecat - the GNU version of Mozilla Firefox

[Brett Parker <iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk>]

On 03 Apr 15:42, Nico Golde wrote:
> Hi,
> * Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com> [2009-04-02 19:45]:
> > [Security team BCC'ed]
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Do we really need another mozilla browser around?
> > Last time I heard the iceweasel maintainers were looking for other people to 
> > help them.
> > 
> > I don't think yet another clone of firefox is going to do any good in any 
> > sense (including the security POV).
> 
> As providing security support for the ice* suite is already 
> PITA and I see no reason why we should include this given 
> that we have ice* I strongly oppose to include this to 
> Debian.

I thought they all now dynamically linked against xulrunner so that security
support was much simpler than before, so it's really just a frontend more than
a clone of firefox, no?

Cheers,
-- 
Brett Parker