Re: seamonkey & rust

[Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 01:57:14 +0000
David Holland <dholland-pkgusers%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> So it seems seamonkey now also requires rust. (I had thought upstream
> was planning to avoid that; but I guess either I was misinformed or
> they decided they had no choice...)
> 
> Shouldn't we keep a copy of the pre-rust seamonkey for platforms where
> rust isn't available? Some browser is probably better than no browser,
> even if it's full of security holes.
> 
> (Also, why was this not mentioned in the changelog when the update was
> committed? Seems like the headline change...)
> 
> -- 
> David A. Holland
> dholland%netbsd.org@localhost

Isn't there www/firefox53 that doesn't require rust? Or do you really
need seamonkey i.e. browser + email + news clients all in one
application?