Kevin Kofler wrote on 14.10.2010 00:36:
Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
- Why haven't those that want iceweasel and icedove in Fedora not
simply invested some time and got them integrated into the repository?(ยน)
Because having both Iceweasel and Firefox in the repository, in addition to being stupid by itself, would also mean shipping 2 different versions of xulrunner (because there's where most of the offending patches live).
If you run a 's/, in addition to being stupid by itself,//' over that: Yes, sure.
And besides, it's not that we want Iceweasel, it's that we DO NOT WANT Firefox since it does not follow Fedora policies.
As it's obvious from the discussion: There are other "we" in Fedora that think having Firefox is wise.
Please note that I actually don't feel myself as being a part of either "we" here. Both sides afaics have good points. The main reason why I raised my voice: I don't see a real reason why Fedora has to pick a position for the repository (see next para)
Having both would not actually solve any problem.
I tend to disagree, as including both Iceweasel and Icedove in addition to Firefox and Thunderbird gives users, admins and especially those that maintain a remix the option to easily chose the solution that suites their needs best.
Cu knurd