On 02/09/17 15:40, David Hedlund wrote: > On 2017-09-02 15:36, Mart Rootamm wrote: >> There is great consternation amonst users and some developers about >> the deprecation of XUL in Firefox and some derivatives, because many >> useful extensions would be made incompatible. >> >> It would therefore be great, if GNU hosted (or at least linked to) >> both the XUL-compatible extensions, and those that support >> WebExtensions. > > We have been heavily undermanned for maintaining IceCat add-ons on the > Free Software Directory. After hundreds of hours I'm not going to > spend any more time on legacy add-ons except highly relevant add-ons > like LibreJS.
Is there any way I can help with this? >> The Firefox-derivative Waterfox browser project has decided to keep >> support for XUL ongoing. >> >> -M. >> >> 2017-09-02 15:38 GMT+03:00, mdn <[email protected]>: >>> Le 02/09/2017 06:51, David Hedlund a écrit : >>>> This was quickly solved after I discussed with the author. I updated >>>> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin to version 1.14.4, it >>>> should work with IceCat 52.1.0. >>> Just to make a small note: >>> It also works with the 1.13.7.rc4 beta version of UbO. >>> Has for V57 when webextensions will be mandatory UbO works from version >>> 1.14.3b1. >>> Same thing for umatrix it needs to be upgrade to version 1.0.1rc1. >>> With v57 HTTPS everywhere works only with version 2017.8.31. >>> Have a good day. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2017-09-02 00:06, Felix Fröhlich wrote: >>>>> Greetings all, >>>>> >>>>> I recently noticed that uBlock Origins was labelled incompatible with >>>>> IceCat 52.1.0. The author published a new version (1.14.0) which >>>>> drops >>>>> the support for any Firefox-based browser that does not support >>>>> WebExtensions. It looks like IceCat page saw that version and updated >>>>> uBlock Origins without (being capable of?) checking whether that >>>>> version >>>>> could actually be used. >>>>> >>>>> It was possible to reverse this update by downloading uBlock >>>>> 1.13.8 from >>>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/versions/1.13.8 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> and disabling automatic updates for it (not sure if disabling them >>>>> was >>>>> necessary), but it would be nice if -- until WebExtensions are >>>>> supported >>>>> by IceCat, of course -- IceCat would hold back add-on updates if they >>>>> are marked as incompatible with the corresponding Firefox version (in >>>>> this case, 52.1.0esr). >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org >>>> >>> -- >>> Librement >>> BERNARD >>> >>> ENG: Please be kind enough to use GPG for our future conversations: >>> https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/ >>> If this email isn't PGP signed then it isn't mine. >>> >>> -If you can't compile it dump it. >>> >>> >> -- >> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
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