[arch-general] Firefox without signature checking

[David C. Rankin]

On 01/02/2016 05:12 PM, Kyle Terrien wrote:
>> You can always provide or request an unofficial repository with binary
>> packages of other firefox based projects.
>>>
>>> 1:https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/developer/
>>> 2:https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing
>>> 3:https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117157
>>> 4:http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/
> Cool!  It's nice to know someone has my back when it comes to the Developer
> Addition.
>
> But what about regression testing?  (Testing against older "supported"
> versions, or in this case the "stable" version of Firefox)  So far, the
> only way it looks like is to either download the unofficial build from
> Mozilla or build Firefox yourself.

Yes, good bunch those archers...

For testing against the stable version, the stable or ESR branch of firefox. 
(currently at 38.5.2) is at [1]. It is a drop in that works fine in /opt.

1. https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/38.5.2esr/

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.