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[PATCH] gnu: ungoogled-chromium: Fix WebRTC.

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Message #23 received at 78052 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel <at> gnu.org>, 78052 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> friendly-machines.com>
Subject: Re: [bug#78052] [PATCH] gnu: ungoogled-chromium: Fix WebRTC.
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:07:54 +0200

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>
> I agree that it has value; wouldn't it only be for testing website
> problems (it's still a thing in 2025 to find a website feature that only
> works with Chromium, in a nudge to the good old Internet Explorer
> days).

My hypothetical use-case is simply to display PDF on a Chromecast. It
only needs to connect to a LAN.

> But I'm not sure that this value is worth the exposure of unsuspecting
> user to tens of CVEs:

[...]

> I'd think that most users expect that security matters for web browsers
> and that they are kept up to date/secure.

Wouldn’t a big fat warning in the description of the package help?

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