#885405 RFP: waterfox -- graphical web browser based on Firefox

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
"W. Martin Borgert"
Date:
2020-12-09 10:30:02 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#885405#5
Date:
2017-12-26 19:23:46 UTC
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* Package name    : waterfox
  Version         : 56.0.1
  Upstream Author : Alex Kontos
* URL             : https://www.waterfoxproject.org/
* License         : MPL 2.0
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : graphical web browser based on Firefox

from Wikipedia:

IMHO, it would be nice to have this in Debian to keep useful
packages like xul-ext-scrapbook alive.

#885405#10
Date:
2018-01-10 16:52:35 UTC
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summary: A package for Waterfox (and some follow-ons, notably for KDE) are already being built unofficially and used successfully. What is the process to get this into the official Debian packages?

details:

[endnotes follow .sig]

W. Martin Borgert Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:23:46 +0100[1]

What is the procedure for getting this into the official Debian package repositories? FWIW, I scanned (tl;dr) the current Debian Policy Manual[5] but did not notice anything about contribution procedure.

... and Tab Mix Plus[6] and other {very useful, widely used} add-ons that have not yet been rewritten as WebExtensions for Firefox Quantum.

TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>

[1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=885405
[2]: https://dl.bintray.com/hawkeye116477/waterfox-deb
[3]: https://github.com/hawkeye116477/waterfox-deb
[4]: https://sparkylinux.org/repo/
[5]: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
[6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Mix_Plus

#885405#15
Date:
2018-08-19 19:47:47 UTC
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Any news?

This would be really useful now that Firefox 52 is no longer in
unstable and that Mozilla delayed the support for session management
to 2019.

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Date:
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