Please note that Iceweasel still exists as a maintained package in libre distros Parabola GNU/Linux and ConnochaetOS:
https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?q=Iceweasel Am 9. August 2017 03:08:08 MESZ schrieb David Hedlund <[email protected]>: >On 2017-08-09 02:46, David Hedlund wrote: >> Ruben, what do you have to say about this? >> >> >> On 2017-08-09 02:44, David Hedlund wrote: >>> Ruben, what do you have to say about this? >>> >>> >>> On 2017-08-09 02:40, bill-auger wrote: >>>> On 08/08/2017 08:32 PM, David Hedlund wrote: >>>>> Why? >>>>> >>>> because the weasel is WAY cuter >>>> >>>> actually from what i understand, the original name of icecat was >>>> iceweasel, but then debian named their re-branded firefox as >iceweasel >>>> and the original GNU iceweasel decided to rename to icecat to avoid >any >>>> confusion - but now debian calls their default browser firefox >again so >>>> the weasel name with all it's legacy is floating in limbo >>>> >>>> they actually split off the iceweasel branding into a separate >package >>>> so you can pretend that firefox-esr is still iceweasel - i just >think >>>> many people would welcome the return of the weasel proper >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org >> >> >> -- >> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > > >-- >http://gnuzilla.gnu.org -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
