From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sun Nov 26 04:25:59 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E71DFCC4F for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 04:25:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x22a.google.com (mail-lf0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D3A57D263 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 04:25:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id y2so28245460lfj.4 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:25:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=PcygdJjYu1UQCiL/0asZD+Eb4OGwoKEsyF7+VnP4ZQg=; b=GUpLhBGjUWNid+TSsxk5ySGZBgse9E5QR5ATx/rEJCB0kIauCnPrzLbt/Dh5l6qbEM kpRLVdwPbYj5JrUrE7NZEXl/2jZTCTlwvNe3JpGQq+KUcFYItIoB3fxdc0IqWJBM/SQ9 V1SsMwXp9V1uiod6yuhJ6JoCyTqzltKz44MsGeUr1Z3YRJEVxB1RMoEr9KKg2ppbbsEE eyxZtqN6OHSHDLxX3P3tAbjgdr7AunaF+uPCdxAE/45JIaBe5w0Y7vggXRhZBMESy/Ex UjIW3Yoa7DqudHxq2qq6/2XTJhm+yXGd8u34zo2LXI18f8GmHg9AMrclToGXf9+5rdhB iEwQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=PcygdJjYu1UQCiL/0asZD+Eb4OGwoKEsyF7+VnP4ZQg=; b=Wue/Zou5dU4+tIhLH/EdKbc3zdI/AckloI54iFTIhLxRz/8WKyGwhq60p8b8dQ1S90 ceGx3Vl+c083f2Mc3Sjyd1tHgKG7p4Rd8RNil+FxjdGvSQMTH1dza1bFhcnDcPndHENI muoZx0OjHoQwYFQPhJf0Xc2K2dVCxPJBmPahAyiuZGQ429bDwxj26NbY7l1d7ddqI1jq z+OHG0Ye4sb9U+Olem/GyPldTOa8oTWqk0yiMGcU2yff2uidjmXW944f79nYPogEtRM3 XjCgrp6y+SW0A3fENp/tl5zP52tZhKzk3wZOKk//92QQWneovtBIn7U7jdtvMqHpzekq 8CnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX5FaTTQdEN+f2hVRKQVH8Rh90Y9/z16Y3pQpVVaGMjW9Ks6F5a5 Ue598GNzKGIiXNVQdtEWszdE3Eu+sZtzW7DL0XQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZsEL8dMp0G/ENI6rQLxZ34pL7iDUFjfu48No2nXGwrIjt/nxhHuefoqiu2ByX8zGjLJwRzUkjYsPLg0sQ2xUA= X-Received: by 10.25.81.14 with SMTP id f14mr10383501lfb.138.1511670356475; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:25:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.25.227.75 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:25:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.25.227.75 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:25:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20171124011104.GA25761@eureka.lemis.com> <20171126021509.GE25761@eureka.lemis.com> From: Freddie Cash Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:25:55 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: Re: Time for a firefox-56 port? To: freebsd-ports Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 04:25:59 -0000 Forgot to include the list. Cheers, Freddie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Freddie Cash" Date: Nov 25, 2017 8:25 PM Subject: Re: Time for a firefox-56 port? To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Cc: On Nov 25, 2017 6:38 PM, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" wrote: > > On Saturday, 25 November 2017 at 19:33:18 -0600, Zhihao Yuan wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2017 6:31 PM, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" wrote: > > > >> I'm sure I'm not the only person who relies on old addons. How > >> about a firefox-56 port until the current problems die down? > > > > Here is a port for the Palemoon browser: > > > > https://www.freshports.org/www/palemoon/ > > It doesn't address the addon issue. I expect that gradually the > addons will get updated to the new interfaces, so this is just a > temporary thing. > > > Pale Moon, Water Fox, and another one I can't remember, are forks of > Firefox. They try to keep up with the latest features under the hood, but > keep the old XUL based interface, and the older style of default GUI. They > support add-ons and plugins, but they may lag a version or two behind in > features. > > Haven't personally used them, but everytime Mozilla makes a hard break > with something (UI, plugins, and now add-ons), more users migrate over to > them. > > Cheers, > Freddie >