Re:Chromium unconditionally downloads binary blob
by strcat on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @11:02AM
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Unlike Android, Chromium is mostly developed in the open. As someone who has contributed to both projects, I wouldn't say Chromium is any less welcoming to contributors than Firefox. Mozilla is a lot better at presenting themselves in a positive light. Firefox even has similar automated downloaded of binary blobs like the EME plugin.
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Re:Chromium unconditionally downloads binary blob
by rockdoe on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @04:35AM
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>As someone who has contributed to both projects, I wouldn't say Chromium is any less welcoming to contributors than Firefox.
You're far more likely to have hidden discussions about features or get patches obsolete due to code drops out of the blue when trying to upstream to Chromium.
>Firefox even has similar automated downloaded of binary blobs like the EME plugin.
Mozilla's EME stuff was widely discussed, announced in advance, and coordinated with distros.
Not quite in the same league as this.