[arch-general] Firefox without signature checking

[Niels Kobschaetzki]

On 16/01/02 14:06, Kyle Terrien wrote:
>On 01/02/2016 01:23 PM, Doug Newgard wrote:
>> On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 12:17:52 -0800
>> Kyle Terrien <kyleterrien at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Are there plans to package a version of Firefox 44 that lets you disable
>>> extension signature checking?
>> ...
>>> --Kyle Terrien
>>
>> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/45900
>
>Thank you!  I was tempted to reopen it, but it looks like the general
>consensus is that an AUR package will be submitted.
>
>It looks like sticking to upstream trumps user-centric in this case.
>(Although I guess building from AUR is a fair substitute for
>user-centric.)
>
>It's a real bummer that a bunch of users (myself included) will be
>forced to compile Firefox on each release.  I really hope we can
>eventually get an abrowser or firefox-nobranding (or maybe even
>palemoon) into the repos.

What about an AUR-package with a pre-compiled binary? Sure I have to
trust the maintainer. But I also have to with a source-package since I
won't check the sources with each release ;)

Niels