[Bug-librejs] Bug in LibreJS 7.16: it is not compatible with a currently supported browser

[Dedeco Balaco]

I just received the message about the release of LibreJS 7.16. It has 
the same (sad) problem I have seen before: it is only compatible with 
Firefox 60+.

This is *very very bad* because I use Firefox ESR 52, a browser version 
that is *officially* supported by Debian 9 (at least) until the end of 
this year. Further, the newers Firefox normal versions have changes that 
several users - including myself - find very unwelcome. After ESR 52 is 
not supported anymore, I will do one of: just keep using it; change to a 
secure browser project based on the Firefox me (and other users) find 
better (I can name a few of these projects, if you need); change to a 
completely different browser.

Please make LibreJS free-er, by not to locking users in a browser that 
has been questioned in some aspects and big changes and choices.

There are addons that are compatible with practically all versions of 
Firefox! It would be great if an addon that can give so many benefits to 
users - and to the virtual life, in general - would not be so hard to be 
used.


Em 05-09-2018 18:40, Ruben Rodriguez escreveu:
> GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described in Richard
> Stallman's article The JavaScript Trap*. LibreJS is a free add-on for
> GNU IceCat and other Mozilla-based browsers. It blocks nonfree
> nontrivial JavaScript while allowing JavaScript that is free and/or
> trivial. * https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.en.html
>
> The source tarball for this release can be found at:
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/librejs/librejs-7.16.0.tar.gz
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/librejs/librejs-7.16.0.tar.gz.sig
>
> The installable extension file (compatible with Mozilla-based browsers
> version >= v60) is available here:
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/librejs/librejs-7.16.0.xpi
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/librejs/librejs-7.16.0.xpi.sig
>
> GPG key:05EF 1D2F FE61 747D 1FC8 27C3 7FAC 7D26 472F 4409
> https://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist-gpgkeys.php?group=librejs
>
> The main improvement in version 7.16.0 is the implementation of
> WebLabels (https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/rel-jslicense), which was
> the remaining missing feature since LibreJS got reimplemented using the
> WebExtensions format. On top of that, multiple bugfixes and performance
> improvements were added. All contributions thanks to Giorgio Maone.
>
> Changes since version 7.15 (excerpt from the git changelog):
>
>   Fixes missing feedback for actions on the report UI when in a tab.
>   Fixes missing feedback on tab reload from UI panel.
>   Refactored HTML loading, parsing and serialization mechanisms.
>   Moved external licenses check into response pre-processing
>   WebLabels-based license checking implementation.
>   Fix Back/forth navigation not changing tab status information