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browse-url.el supports both Firefox *and* Mozilla?

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: bug#56464: closed (Re: bug#56464: browse-url.el supports both
 Firefox *and* Mozilla?)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 11:10:02 +0000

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#56464: browse-url.el supports both Firefox *and* Mozilla?

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 56464-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56464: browse-url.el supports both Firefox *and* Mozilla?
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 04:09:38 -0700

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Jul 09 2022, Stefan Kangas wrote:
>
>> Is there even a web browser called "Mozilla" around these days that is
>> separate from "Mozilla Firefox"?
>
> Apparently mozilla was the name of Netscape browser after it was open
> sourced, before the Phoenix browser (now known as Firefox) was developed
> from it.

This seems correct, according to Wikipedia.[1]  I also can't find any
package named "mozilla" in Debian, Redhat, Guix, Arch, etc.

So I've now obsoleted that support on master (commit 86dc875bf5).

Footnotes:
[1]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_early_version_history
     (and related pages)

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: browse-url.el supports both Firefox *and* Mozilla?
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 08:59:25 -0700

Severity: minor

browse-url.el has both `browse-url-mozilla' and `browse-url-firefox'.

Is there even a web browser called "Mozilla" around these days that is
separate from "Mozilla Firefox"?  If not, should `browse-url-mozilla' be
deprecated?

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