intrigeri:
> ... and anyway, I'd rather go with option 3 (iceweasel + torbrowser
> patches in temporary APT repostory) or maybe even option 4 (tbb's
> torbrowser).
>
> anonym:
> > How realistic is the following option?
>
> > 3. Ship new Iceweasel esr + relevant TorBrowser patches that we build
> > ourselves and host on some temporary APT repo so Torbutton becomes
> > good?
>
> I don't remember exactly where bertagaz left his experiments in this
> field, but at least the package building part looked mostly done, no?
> If it is so, on the infrastructure side, setting up a temporary APT
> repository is easy. I guess I could get something ready (binary
> packages + repository + branch merged into experimental) for the end
> of next week -- help would be more than welcome on the package
> building and testing side, though. (To what degree the result would be
> hackish and temporary, I don't know -- depends on the time I manage to
> gather for this task, and the help I get.)
>
> Also, IIRC, Ague veto'ed this solution last time we faced a similar
> issue, but I admit I don't remember why. Ague?
My fear is: this repository is not going to be temporary. It looks like
we are going to end up with a blurry process, and more migration work
from our current mess.
But well, if you want to do to it and deal with the aftermath...
feel free.
--
Ague