Re: [orca-list] Firefox vs Iceweasel

["Kristoffer Gustafsson" <kg84 dreamwld com>]

Hello!
Can I use iceweasel with orca on Debian Lenny?
I don't want to reinstall my hole system right now just to change to the 
testing version of debian.
/Kristoffer
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis" <bhawkeslewis googlemail com>
To: "Christian" <christian08 runbox com>
Cc: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Firefox vs Iceweasel


> On 6/7/09 19:09, Christian wrote:
> > Iceweasel that comes with Debian I have not noticed any differences
> > compared to Firefox. Is this all the same except that they have
> > changed the name on it?
>
> Iceweasel binaries aren't quite the same as Firefox binaries. Debian 
> wanted to be able to push security fixes into their Firefox packages at 
> leisure schedule, but Mozilla wasn't willing them to do that and offer the 
> result with Mozilla branding - since that might imply Mozilla was 
> responsible for any problems Debian's fixes might cause. So Iceweasel is 
> basically Firefox with GPL branding and Debian fixes.
>
> --
> Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
> _______________________________________________
> Orca-list mailing list
> Orca-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> The manual is at 
> http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> Netiquette Guidelines are at 
> http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines