Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:20:17 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: bruce <bruce@hawaii-pacific.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: firefox Message-ID: <23888.59649.122277.267681@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <0eeb4921-b8a5-f0f8-f568-80b240a73aec@hawaii-pacific.com> References: <0eeb4921-b8a5-f0f8-f568-80b240a73aec@hawaii-pacific.com>
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bruce writes: > I used seamonkey for years without problems.=A0 Now with seamonkey n= o > longer available I have tried firefox.=A0 It crashes regularly and > isn't nearly as good as seamonkey.=A0 When are you bringing seamonke= y > back=3F =09Short answer: probably never. =09Longer answer: =091) it is (I believe) no longer developed/maintained upstream. =092) the port does not have a local maintainer. =093) it has a long list of security issues, which persisted for =09=09months if not years. =09I, too, will miss it. But in the larger scheme of things this probably the path of wisdom. =09(Now ... if you are volunteering to revive it, assume maintainership, and contribute patches - thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!) =09=09=09Respectfully, =09=09=09=09Robert Huff
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