| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/firefox-bin.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | firefox-bin |
| Description: | Standalone web browser from mozilla.org - Static binaries from upstream |
| Upstream URL: | https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ |
| Licenses: | GPL, MPL, LGPL |
| Conflicts: | firefox |
| Provides: | firefox |
| Submitter: | Alad |
| Maintainer: | Alad (bittin) |
| Last Packager: | bittin |
| Votes: | 2 |
| Popularity: | 0.056535 |
| First Submitted: | 2022-01-10 15:12 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2023-01-18 12:57 (UTC) |
Hi. Can you update source array to use only variables?
-source=("https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/106.0.4/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-$pkgver.tar.bz2"
+source=("https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/${pkgver}/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-${pkgver}.tar.bz2"
Thank you
For this package, the description already clearly states: "Static binaries from upstream".
Actually, nothing useful ever came from that discussion. The closest we had gotten was using the naming scheme "foo-static-bin" or something to clearly denote its difference.
Ultimately, this needs an RFC since the whole situation is confusing.
These are binaries from upstream built in a different way, with different dependencies. For example, it is statically linked and has a hard dependency on pulseaudio for sound support.
The AUR guidelines on "duplicates" do not apply to packages like this. See previous discussion:
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2021-December/036720.html https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-dev/2021-December/005056.html
What is the reason for this package being maintained here?
Arch carries their x86_64 build of Firefox.
I won't be at my Arch PC for a while, so I've added you as comaintainer.
96.0.2 update
96.0.1 Update with less bugs
96 Update
Pinned Comments
Alad commented on 2022-03-28 13:05 (UTC) (edited on 2022-03-29 15:27 (UTC) by Alad)
These are binaries from upstream built in a different way, with different dependencies. For example, it is statically linked and has a hard dependency on pulseaudio for sound support.
The AUR guidelines on "duplicates" do not apply to packages like this. See previous discussion:
https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2021-December/036720.html https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-dev/2021-December/005056.html