hi
I
recently migrated from debian to guixsd. I was shocked to see there was
neither iceweasel nor icedove available. This is frustrating as they
are commonly used programs on gnu/linux systems.
After
a through research, I understood that there are some freedom issues.
The available patches at parabola seems complicated. Then I came across
the following in the SearX search:
Iceweasel-UXP: https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:project:iceweasel-uxp
Icedove-UXP: https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:project:icedove-uxp
They
both are FSDG compliant and has good security+privacy focus. Can
someone please package these as soon as possible (I would have done it
if I could). Will be very useful for other migrators to guix as well.
Look,
I understand that you guix people are working hard. To be honest, you
people have done a great job. The uniqueness of guix is intriguing. At
the same time, you people have to think about new users as well and
understand their perspective. I have read some mails in the mail lists.
Asking the new users to package what they want and suggesting
alternative applications; is like passively showing middle finger to
them. They (including me) have not only have to adopt to new
environment; also have to work with unfamiliar applications? Come on,
that's way too much. So please, please consider at least including these
two apps in guix.
thanks
New Guix User.