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JavaScript Restrictor web extension
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Feature request: additional browser #117

Closed slackuser0xae34 closed 2 years ago

slackuser0xae34 commented 3 years ago

Please add support for FSF IceCat (60.7.0esr). Thanks.

polcak commented 3 years ago

See https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html for more details on IceCat extensions. I asked for adding to the list, see https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/js-shield/2021-10/msg00005.html. Is there another issue?

slackuser0xae34 commented 3 years ago

I couldn't find the add on at the GNU extensions web site, yet.

However, I downloaded the 'xpi' add-on file from the Mozilla add on site, using IceCat 60.7.0esr (the latest). I received a warning from Mozilla, on the web page, stating: "You need an updated version of Firefox for this extension".

Never the less, I tried to install it through the IceCat "Tools" -> "Add-ons" -> 'Cog' -> 'Install Add-on from File". I received a message stating that the add-on was incompatible with Ice Cat.

polcak commented 3 years ago

Ah sorry, my bad, I missed the version number. We support 68.0 and above. AFAIK PaleMoon does not support webextensions so we do not support PaleMoon.

polcak commented 2 years ago

Is IceCat 60.7.0 still the latest? I received information from FSF that a newer version should be released months ago.

If you are interested in trying in IceCat 60.7.0 you will likely need 9a47f7517c9af5b6eb4bb9ceea8ade949eccc2a9 and building the extension by yourself. Please, let me know if you were able to use the extension in the latest IceCat.

slackuser0xae34 commented 2 years ago

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2022/02/03

Polcak,

I believe that there is a newer version of IceCat than 60.7.0. However, the FSF has gone to (another) new package manager application. I'm package manager'ed out. The newer version is available as source, but the dependency tree is extensive. Too many dependencies which are not normally included in my distro (Slackware-14.2 * 15.0 (just released)).

I'm still using IceCat 60.7.0, even with the risks, but carefully on known reputable sites. Otherwise, I'm using PaleMoon and I have reluctantly started using Firefox again. (After neutering FF telemetry with the known anti-telemetry hacks as well as by setting mozilla.com/net/org to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file).

I'm hoping (probably futilely) that the later IceCat will be properly released as a binary, or perhaps through a Slackbuild.

I will take a look and try to build the referenced version in the near future. When I have anything to report, I'll let you know.

Many thanks for your interest and reply. Good luck and Happy New Year.

Best Regards

Ric F.

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Is IceCat 60.7.0 still the latest? I received information from FSF that a newer version should be released months ago.

If you are interested in trying in IceCat 60.7.0 you will likely need 9a47f7517c9af5b6eb4bb9ceea8ade949eccc2a9 and building the extension by yourself. Please, let me know if you were able to use the extension in the latest IceCat.

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TechnologyClassroom commented 2 years ago

Developing a slackbuild for IceCat or IceCat itself is out of scope for the JShelter project.

I am not an IceCat dev, but I regularly talk with one of them. There are a few blockers remaining with a new official IceCat release. IceCat is developed by volunteers so the next binary will release when it is released. If you want to try out the new release, you will have to compile from source. On Slackware, you would have to compile the dependencies too. The only distribution that I know of that has a new version of IceCat is Guix. It is possible to use the Guix build system on other operating systems, but I am not sure about Slackware and I do not use Guix myself. You could follow the steps to build the dependencies of Firefox ESR from Linux From Scratch documentation which should allow you to then build the latest IceCat. I do not use Slackware, but maybe the work that Guix or LFS did can be used to make slackbuilds.

polcak commented 2 years ago

After neutering FF telemetrywith the known anti-telemetry hacks as well as by setting mozilla.com/net/org to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file).

@slackuser0xae34 Use 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 to prevent Firefox from talking to your local applications.

@TechnologyClassroom: Do we want to support IceCat 60? For 0.4 the only needed fix was 9a47f75 but since then we have a lot of new code which might be fine but there might be additional incompatibilities.

TechnologyClassroom commented 2 years ago

@polcak No, Firefox 60.x is end-of-life. Any privacy or security benefits that JShelter would provide would be negated by using such an out-of-date program. I successfully tested JShelter with IceCat 78+.