Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
by TheDesolate0 on Sunday July 17, 2022 @10:06AM
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The only thing I really hate about firefox is the build.
Building FF from scratch is a fucking nightmare.
It's the only shitty package that REQUIRES python 2 for building.
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Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
by mdaniel on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:22PM
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That information is outdated; I build FF from source a couple of times a week, and use python3.9 for mach's python. I do agree the build is special needs, made worse by all the rust, but of the things I really hate about Firefox, the build is pretty low on that list
The Chromium (and its derivatives) builds makes it clear they have a compile farm of unlimited compute and ram, so it's just "which kind of bad" I nowadays, I guess
Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
by SixDouble5321 on Sunday July 17, 2022 @11:17PM
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A couple times a week seems excessive. Hopefully you are being paid for this madness.
Re:I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
by soraminazuki on Sunday July 17, 2022 @03:39PM
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Browsers seem to require an order of magnitude more effort to package than is typical that distros occasionally struggle to keep up. It's the only software in which I use upstream binaries out of preference. I assume it's a safer bet from a security and/or performance perspective.