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Icecat not updated on F-Droid

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From: Nicco Kunzmann <niccokunzmann <at> posteo.net>
To: bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org
Subject: Icecat not updated on F-Droid
Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 06:31:18 +0000

Hello,

I was trying to log into GitLab and I could not do it. Then, I checked the version of Icecat mobile, the browser I am using. It is 68 from 2020. Now, it is 2022.

I had a look at the F-Droid page https://f-droid.org/app/org.gnu.icecat
and that is the version 68 there.
If I look at the source code however,
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git/
then, I see that the tags are discontinued but the development is going on...

I see two plans of action:
1. write a notice in F-Droid that this is discontinued/remove it
2. add a tag to create a new version

I wonder what you think about that.

Best Regards and thanks for your time,
Nicco Kunzmann

Message #8 received at 55454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>
To: Nicco Kunzmann <niccokunzmann <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 55454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55454: Icecat not updated on F-Droid
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 08:46:06 -0400

gnuzilla does not publish to f-droid - upstream projects
generally do not publish prepared packages of that sort - if you
find a problem with any pre-packaged binary icecat, or youd like
the package upgraded in that repo, you would need to contact the
person who publishes the package

i dont know about the f-droid repo specifically; but normally,
the package itself would tell you who the packager was, with
contact information and how file bug reports

but WRT gitlab.com specifically, it is not likely that upgrading
icecat would change the behavior - the reason why you can not log
in is documented in BR #47276 "Stuck at Cloudflare 'browser
checks'" - that includes patches to make it work (and other
websites guarded by cloudflare); but the patches have not yet
been accepted into icecat

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=47276

Message #11 received at 55454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mart Rootamm <martrootamm <at> gmail.com>
To: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>
Cc: 55454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Nicco Kunzmann <niccokunzmann <at> posteo.net>
Subject: Re: bug#55454: Icecat not updated on F-Droid
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 16:53:39 +0300

Cloudflare's browser checks may require accepting/whitelisting a
site's JavaScript, if an extension such as NoScript or uBlock Origin
blocks it, and then, sometimes, manually accepting a cookie from that
domain in the Permissions section of the Page Info window (via
Ctrl+i).

Mozilla removed cookie prompting from Firefox 44.0, and D.F. Savarese
has been maintaining a personal cookie prompter patch ever since:

https://www.savarese.org/patches/firefox.html

In mobile Firefox, cookie prompting was never implemented, though the
backend was still there, and Makoto Kato developed a cookie prompt
extension:

https://github.com/makotokato/cookieprompter

The extension was not a WebExtension, and so it no longer available at
Mozilla Addons.

An archived version of the original addon page, and an archived xpi
file do exist, though:

https://web.archive.org/web/20171010095515/https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/cookieprompter/

XPI, Firefox / IceCat / Fennec F-Droid up to and including v. 43.0 —

https://web.archive.org/web/20170917182220/https://addons.cdn.mozilla.net/user-media/addons/406692/cookie_prompter_add_on-0.1-fn-android.xpi?filehash=sha256%3A40a75f9039f735dde03bee5e04360ef23d63c109cce092aa9145a83349785a8c

The filehash URL parameter is important, btw.

-M.


2022-06-18 15:46 GMT +03:00, bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>:
> gnuzilla does not publish to f-droid - upstream projects
> generally do not publish prepared packages of that sort - if you
> find a problem with any pre-packaged binary icecat, or youd like
> the package upgraded in that repo, you would need to contact the
> person who publishes the package
>
> i dont know about the f-droid repo specifically; but normally,
> the package itself would tell you who the packager was, with
> contact information and how file bug reports
>
> but WRT gitlab.com specifically, it is not likely that upgrading
> icecat would change the behavior - the reason why you can not log
> in is documented in BR #47276 "Stuck at Cloudflare 'browser
> checks'" - that includes patches to make it work (and other
> websites guarded by cloudflare); but the patches have not yet
> been accepted into icecat
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=47276
>
>
>
>

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