Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:56:09 +0100 From: Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org> To: xfce@FreeBSD.org, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: About www/midori browser (XFCE related) Message-ID: <a0931fbc-dd24-4437-b4e1-5788abd7e036@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <33a6fa56-01fc-4ea1-b70e-4dd175cae2f0@FreeBSD.org> References: <33a6fa56-01fc-4ea1-b70e-4dd175cae2f0@FreeBSD.org>
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On 21/10/23 17:20, Guido Falsi wrote: > Hi all, > > As you may have noticed there is a new version of the Midori browser. > > This new version is an almost complete rewrite based on Gecko (it really > looks like a fork of Firefox LTS, looking at the new source code), > published by a new entity that acquired the project some time ago. [1] [2] > > I asked on the XFCE mailing list if there still was any connection > between XFCE and the Midori project and they confirmed there is no such > relation anymore [3] (this was already clear from the wikipedia page, > but I wanted some confirmation). > > Based on this I am planning to put the port back i the pull of > unmaintained ports, removing it from under the XFCE hat. > > If there are objections please state them in a reply. > > I'll also give a shot at a final update to a current version before > removing it from xfce@ maintainership. But since this is a complete > rewrite using gecko, it looks like a difficult update and I am not sure > I can succeed by myself. As I feared I was not successful in creating a proper update. I'm sharing my partial work here, if anyone is interested: https://github.com/madpilot78/ports-midori-overlay The README.md there contains an explanation of the main problem, short version: the update mostly works, creating a usable browser, but it just looks like it is firefox nightly. Upstream has no build instructions, and their public repo lags behind some internal one. I'll remove xfce@ maintainership from the midori port later, if anyone is interested in creating a proper update and needs a committer I can try to help, although I am quite happy with firefox as a browser. -- Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>
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