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Re: Request for assistance maintaining LibreWolf


From: Ian Eure
Subject: Re: Request for assistance maintaining LibreWolf
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:16:26 -0700
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Hi André,

André Batista <nandre@riseup.net> writes:

> At the same time it is not really meant as a general > notification > system, so usefulness for you depends on whether some > committer will
> merge the commit adding librewolf team (with you in it).

Ian, what about teaming up with other Firefox derivative maintainers? I’m thinking notably of André and Clément who’ve worked on Tor Browser on Mullvad Browser, Mark H Weaver who’s been maintaining IceCat, and
perhaps Jonathan who’s been taking care of IceDove (Cc’d)?

Of course, each of these package is different but they’re in the same area so it probably makes sense to share reviewing efforts here.

I was reticent on this mainly because (i) I have never actually used LibreWolf and I don't have a clear picture of it besides it being a "Firefox + Arkenfox - Mozilla Branding" [1](?); (ii) I expect that most of these security (aka urgent) patches will land on the same day on a regular basis for all 4 browsers and given Mullvad and TorBrowser sources will be late in the game, I'll probably not be able to do such
a timely (yet again, urgent) review, which could add to Ian's
frustration, instead of relieving it; and (iii) AFAIUI, LibreWolf moves at a faster pace, which adds to my concern of not being able to keep up
in the long run.

That being said, given those patches have remained unreviewed for weeks in a row, I guess I can at least help improve the current situation and give commiters some more confidence that a given patch will not break hell loose when commited and so I'm willing to help with these reviews. However, I cannot promise to maintain it if/when Ian's lead happens to
go missing.


This sounds reasonable to me, and I would greatly appreciate any assistance that could be provided. My hope is that with some closer working relationships with existing Guix folks and more contributions, I can apply for commit access and maintain LibreWolf autonomously. Perhaps next year.


One question in that regard: is there any difference between reviewing
through QA's web interface and sending mail commands to debbugs'
control? Is any of them preferable? I'd rather use the mail interface if
that's enough.


There’s no major difference, whichever you prefer. I think email is more likely to keep threads grouped.


Cheers.

1. No disrespect meant to the project or its users, just my own
current cluelessness exposed. I'll read the docs on it to understand
it better though.


None taken, and you’re on the right track. LibreWolf ships several improvements combined into one package, including hardening the default preferences, disables the numerous anti-features that ship with Firefox (full page ads on update, Pocket, telemetry, DRM, etc). They also don’t have the onerous trademark and logo requirements, which lets distrbutions ship with the upstream branding. The combination of better defaults, relaxed branding requiements, and closely tracking upstream make it a very compelling choice, IMO. I’ve been daily driving it for several years.

Thanks,

 — Ian




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