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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Bon Echo (why?)
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:19:20 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49bf44f10702241819q687bdda1le058ab7c27c60b77@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45E0B6C6.7090700@gmail.com>

> >> As you all know, Firefox 2.0.0.2 is stable on x86 in Portage. When one
> >> emerges it, Gnome menu call, and the software calls itself (in about
> >> box) Bon Echo (the codename of Firefox 2 development tree). Why?
> >>
> >
> > Some licensing BS or other.
> >
> >
> >> Is really development version of Firefox in Portage, or what?
> >>
> >
> > If you want it to call itself "Firefox" add mozbranding to your
> > USE flags.
> >
> >
> Thanks. I think it is not a good idea to call Firefox (for some branding
> issue) its development codename. Maybe Gentoo should use Debian's
> Iceweasel name.

I agree.  It's confusing that the brand-less name is the same as the
development name.

- Grant
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-25  2:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-24 19:50 [gentoo-user] Bon Echo (why?) Gyuszk
2007-02-24 19:58 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2007-02-24 21:04   ` Thomas Rösner
2007-02-24 22:03     ` Gyuszk
2007-02-24 22:05   ` Gyuszk
2007-02-25  2:19     ` Grant [this message]
2007-02-25  3:29       ` »Q«
2007-02-25 18:55         ` Dan Farrell
2007-02-25 19:07           ` Joe Menola
2007-02-25 19:27             ` Grant Edwards
2007-02-25 20:35               ` Korthrun
2007-02-25 22:15                 ` Willie Wong
2007-02-25 23:06                   ` [gentoo-user] " Christian Marie
2007-02-25 23:29                     ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-02-26  7:19                   ` [gentoo-user] " Iain Buchanan
2007-02-27  0:18               ` Dan Farrell
2007-02-27  0:51                 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-02-27 12:02                   ` Jürgen Geuter
2007-02-26  6:05   ` Mark Kirkwood
2007-02-24 21:06 ` [gentoo-user] " Jakob Buchgraber
2007-02-24 21:11 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen

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