[arch-general] GNU IceCat should be in the official repos

[Magnus Therning]

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Richter Vania
<richter.vania at yandex.com> wrote:
> With Mozilla Firefox implementing DRM in their source code, I think more users - even those who aren't strictly Free Software people - will move to GNU IceCat.

No, AFAIU Mozilla Firefox will not "implement DRM in their source".
They will write an open-source wrapper around Adobe's CDM-thingie,
which will end up as a optional plugin at the end user's side.  This
may still mean that more users move towards GNU IceCat though.  Who
knows?

> I know that most IceCat users compile it themselves but I compiling it takes a lot of time and a binary package would help those people who don't want to use Mozilla Firefox but still want to keep their browser up-to-date.
>
> I know that Arch isn't particularly aligned politically but I see this matter as practical, many people are going to switch to GNU IceCat if the DRM is implemented.

Providing binary packages for Ice Cat may of course be interesting anyway!

/M

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