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Current maintainer +</I>><i> > agrees with this, as it's simply too fragile for him to maintain it +</I>><i> > easily. +</I>><i> > If somebody is against this, please step up as maintainer or help the +</I>><i> > current maintainer) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I'm currently in contact with some seamonkey developers, to maybe clear +</I>><i> > up why/if the +</I>><i> > rebrand is needed, if it's needed like it's currently done, and why +</I>><i> > Fedora can simply +</I>><i> > ship seamonkey without the need for a rebrand, but the dialog may take +</I>><i> > some 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 +</I>><i> > Mageia 1, and drop iceape from cauldron so that we won't have an +</I>><i> > outdated package and a potential security risk for Mageia 2. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Kind regards +</I>><i> +</I>><i> As there was no real objection, and no other comments +</I>><i> or votes for iceape, i've dropped it from cauldron. FWIW i'm quite +</I>><i> unhappy with this. Related, i've also not got any reply yet to my +</I>><i> aforementioned inquiry about mozilla branding permissions. +</I> +About the mozilla branding... + +Perhaps this should be a meeting point for packaging/council meeting... + +ie: someone assigned to this point so it's not forgotten. +</PRE> + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="013891.html">[Mageia-dev] [RFC] How to proceed with seamonkey/iceape for security updates and freeze push +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="013919.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#13906">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#13906">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#13906">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#13906">[ 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> |