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[PATCH] gnu: Add privacy-redirect-icecat.

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Message #19 received at 74812 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Hilton Chain <hako <at> ultrarare.space>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: André Batista <nandre <at> riseup.net>,
 Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier <at> web.de>, 74812 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Clément Lassieur <clement <at> lassieur.org>
Subject: Re: [bug#74812] [PATCH v2] gnu: Add privacy-redirect-icecat.
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 14:06:36 +0800

Hi Mark,

On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:51:01 +0800,
Mark H Weaver wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Apologies for the late reply.
>
> Hilton Chain <hako <at> ultrarare.space> writes:
> > * gnu/packages/browser-extensions.scm (privacy-redirect)
> > (privacy-redirect/icecat): New variables.
>
> [...]
>
> > +(define privacy-redirect
> > +  (package
> > +    (name "privacy-redirect")
> > +    (version "1.1.49")
> > +    (source
> > +     (origin
> > +       (method git-fetch)
> > +       (uri (git-reference
> > +             (url "https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect")
>
> If you check the git repository above, I think you'll find that it has
> not been updated in over 3 years, and that most (if not all) of the
> sites that it redirects to no longer work.  Therefore, I see no benefit
> to adding this package in its current form.
>
> There's also an additional problem: GNU IceCat comes bundled with a
> modified and updated version of this extension.  I have concerns about
> how GNU IceCat might be affected if this extremely out-of-date extension
> is installed in the user's profile.

Just tried 'guix shell icecat privacy-redirect-icecat', IceCat uses the bundled
one.

> What do you think?

How about using the source from IceCat for this package?


Thanks

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