I've spoken to somebody from Mozilla, and this won't be fixed by adding vendor information back to the user agent string (see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572650 for some idea of why this has changed, and this is not the sort of thing we'll be vendor patching).
In addition to that, as I pointed out above - the vendor identification in the UA string has been a constant source of problems where websites misdetect the browser on Ubuntu and display incorrect content (ie, mobile content). At best, I can probably add an extra header to the HTTP packets when communicating with apt.ubuntu.com (and this is what has been recommended to me) - but this would also need a server-side fix too. ** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #572650 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=572650 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/709125 Title: User agent doesn't include Ubuntu in it so apt.ubuntu.com doesn't work -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
