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Current maintainer agrees with this, +</I>><i> as it's simply too fragile for him to maintain it easily. +</I>><i> If somebody is against this, please step up as maintainer or help the current +</I>><i> maintainer) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm currently in contact with some seamonkey developers, to maybe clear up +</I>><i> why/if the +</I>><i> rebrand is needed, if it's needed like it's currently done, and why Fedora can +</I>><i> simply +</I>><i> ship seamonkey without the need for a rebrand, but the dialog may take some +</I>><i> time, this +</I>><i> would be only relevant for option 2. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If nobody responds, i'll push my current work as security update for Mageia 1, +</I>><i> and drop iceape from cauldron so that we won't have an outdated package and +</I>><i> a potential security risk for Mageia 2. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Kind regards +</I>><i> +</I>As there was no real objection, and no other comments +or votes for iceape, i've dropped it from cauldron. FWIW i'm quite +unhappy with this. Related, i've also not got any reply yet to my +aforementioned inquiry about mozilla branding permissions. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="013890.html">[Mageia-dev] help with update/testing needed / freeze exception for me-tv +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="013906.html">[Mageia-dev] [RFC] How to proceed with seamonkey/iceape for security updates and freeze push +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#13891">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#13891">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#13891">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#13891">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |