Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Rename IceCat back to Iceweasel
Richard Stallman commented on this issue: "Changing the name of our browser would cause gratuitous confusion. We will stick with IceCat." On 2017-08-09 07:40, Henry Jensen wrote: 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 : 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 -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Rename IceCat back to Iceweasel
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 : >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
Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Rename IceCat back to Iceweasel
i wrote a report on these guys in 5th grade - so i can say on good authority that an iceweasel is technically an 'ermine' -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
[Bug-gnuzilla] Rename IceCat back to Iceweasel
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
