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MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 1:36 pm
by Stevo
We now have Seamonkey 2.49.3 in the main repository.
SeaMonkey is a free and open-source Internet suite. It is the continuation of the former Mozilla Application Suite, based on the same source code, which itself grew out of Netscape Communicator and formed the base of Netscape 6 and Netscape 7.
Compared to Firefox, the SeaMonkey web browser keeps the far more traditional-looking interface of Netscape and the Mozilla Suite. Many Firefox and Thunderbird add-ons can be modified for compatibility with SeaMonkey, although add-ons built with the WebExtensions architecture used by newer Firefox versions are not yet compatible. It is also more suitable for older hardware than Firefox
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 4:26 am
by Artim
Thank you so much for keeping Seamonkey up to date! Seamonkey has thousands fewer lines of code than Firefox, yet it does everything Firefox and Thunderbird can do. Superb on older hardware.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:46 am
by mikhail21393
Seamonkey 2.49.4 Release is out!! I hope someone will be aware and release it soon, also if some maintainer can add it in as an metapackage in the MX Package Installer will be greatly appreciated and since I am not the only user who use Seamonkey in MX Linux and the most legacy browser up to date, it will greatly appreciated if it's added in the repository as a metapackage it's such a wonderful browser.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:40 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.49.4 is now available to upgrade to from the main repository.
Check the
release notes page for more info.
- mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:21 am
by Artim
Thank you!
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 12:10 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.53.1 is in main. If you are upgrading from a previous version, take note of this:
Automatic upgrades from previous versions are disabled for this release. Please download the full installer from the downloads section and install SeaMonkey 2.53.1 manually over the previous version.
This version makes changes to your profile that can't be reverted in case you want to go back to a previous version of SeaMonkey. You MUST absolutely do a full backup of your profile before trying SeaMonkey 2.53.1.
your profile is located in
The Seamonkey Internet Suite is a set of Internet oriented applications.
It is the continuation of the Mozilla Suite after it had been abandoned
in favor of Firefox and Thunderbird.
~mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 8:30 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.53.2 is now in main.
Check the
release notes page for more info
- mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:33 am
by pcalvert
Hi,
How is this package created? What sort of manipulations are required to take the files from the Mozilla tarball and put them into a DEB package?
Phil
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:12 am
by mmikeinsantarosa
pcalvert wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:33 am
Hi,
How is this package created? What sort of manipulations are required to take the files from the Mozilla tarball and put them into a DEB package?
Phil
we just repackage the prebuilt binaries from mozilla for firefox & seamonkey. they aren't true builds. the process is the same but tricks in the rules file provide the method.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:35 am
by dreamer
mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:12 am
pcalvert wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:33 am
Hi,
How is this package created? What sort of manipulations are required to take the files from the Mozilla tarball and put them into a DEB package?
Phil
we just repackage the prebuilt binaries from mozilla for firefox & seamonkey. they aren't true builds. the process is the same but tricks in the rules file provide the method.
I see several benefits to this method:
1. Every Linux user is using the same official build (easier for trouble shooting).
2. The application dev does the build the way application dev sees fit - can even include specific libs that work better with the application than generic distro libs - in short; a standalone application without potential for dependency hell. Still smaller and less hassle than Flatpak and Snaps.
3. Redundant work on the distro level is minimized.
4. Easy for the user. Go to /opt, there is the whole executable with assets (just like Windows).
5. If it isn't possible to build a generic tar.gz package (or even a generic deb and rpm if the application dev wants to go the extra mile) then Linux is too fragmented to become successful on the desktop if success is measured as number of users.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 11:06 am
by pcalvert
mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:12 am
we just repackage the prebuilt binaries from mozilla for firefox & seamonkey. they aren't true builds.
That's what I figured. But since that's the case, why are the files not the same? I compared the hash values of the files in
/opt/seamonkey with those of the originals, and they don't all match -- 18 of the files have been modified in some way.
Summary report:
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# hashdeep -c sha256 -k seamonkey_2.53.2-hashes.txt -s -a -v -r -o f seamonkey
hashdeep: Audit failed
Files matched: 96
Files partially matched: 0
Files moved: 0
New files found: 18
Known files not found: 18
This is a list of the files that have been changed:
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# hashdeep -c sha256 -k seamonkey_2.53.2-hashes.txt -s -x -r -o f seamonkey
/opt/seamonkey/distribution/extensions/{59c81df5-4b7a-477b-912d-4e0fdf64e5f2}.xpi
/opt/seamonkey/distribution/extensions/inspector@mozilla.org.xpi
/opt/seamonkey/distribution/extensions/{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}.xpi
/opt/seamonkey/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.xpi
/opt/seamonkey/extensions/modern@themes.mozilla.org.xpi
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/ablistWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/default64.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/addressbookWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/msgcomposeWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/editorWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/JSConsoleWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/findHistoryWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/abcardWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/history-window16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/findBookmarkWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/default48.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/messengerWindow16.png
/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/downloadManager16.png
Phil
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 11:30 am
by mmikeinsantarosa
I'm not surprised. If you look in the mozilla
sources for the latest seamonkey-53.2, we don't pull from the /source folder. Instead we get our bits from inux-i686 & linux-x86_64 /en-US/ folders and snag the .bz2 files from there. Our source (the .orig.tar.xz) file is a recompressed tarball from these 2 files and not the source.tar.xz file from the /source folder.
- mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 12:32 pm
by pcalvert
That's where I got the files I used for the comparison. I downloaded
seamonkey-2.53.2.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2 and then installed it manually, like so:
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# tar -xjf seamonkey-2.53.2.en-US.linux-i686.tar.bz2 -C /opt
I then used hashdeep to create a text file of hash values:
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# cd /opt
# hashdeep -c sha256 -r -o f seamonkey > seamonkey_2.53.2-hashes.txt
Phil
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:11 pm
by pcalvert
For comparison, I also installed SeaMonkey using the Ubuntuzilla repository (despite the name, it's not an Ubuntu-specific package).
Here is the result from that test:
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# hashdeep -c sha256 -k seamonkey_2.53.2-hashes.txt -s -a -v -r -o f seamonkey
hashdeep: Audit passed
Files matched: 114
Files partially matched: 0
Files moved: 0
New files found: 0
Known files not found: 0
Phil
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:39 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
Not sure what to tell you. This build doesn't even have any patches.
I download the parts, build, sign it & test a couple debs then send it up.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:46 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.53.4 is now in main.
Check the
release notes page for more info
- mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:25 am
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.53.6 is now in main.
Check the
release notes page for more info
and again...
You MUST absolutely do a full backup of your profile before upgrading from a version earlier than SeaMonkey 2.53.1. This version of SeaMonkey makes changes to your profile that can't be reverted in cases where you need to go back to the older version.
Automatic upgrades from previous versions are currently disabled for this release. Please download the full installer from the downloads section and install SeaMonkey 2.53.6 manually over the previous version.
- mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 8:30 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.53.7 is now in main.
Check the
release notes page for more info
once more
You MUST absolutely do a full backup of your profile before upgrading from a version earlier than SeaMonkey 2.53.1. This version of SeaMonkey makes changes to your profile that can't be reverted in cases where you need to go back to the older version.
Automatic upgrades from previous versions are currently disabled for this release. Please download the full installer from the downloads section and install SeaMonkey 2.53.7 manually over the previous version.
- mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:06 am
by anticapitalista
Great! Thanks mike.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:19 pm
by Stevo
Thanks-working great..though on MX 19, we know it's the same package.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:21 am
by anticapitalista
Bugfix release now out ...
April 15, 2021
SeaMonkey 2.53.7.1 released
The SeaMonkey project is proud to present SeaMonkey 2.53.7.1: The new release of the all-in-one Internet suite is available for download now! 2.53.7.1 is a minor bug fix update. 2.53.7 broke the usage of legacy generators and the deprecated for each statement in add-ons and the Add-on SDK. It also contains a fix for handling of dead keys in text input fields for Linux distributions using GTK 3.24.26+.
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:39 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.53.7.1 is now in main.
Check the
release notes page for more info
- mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:10 pm
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.53.8.1 is now in main.
Check the
release notes page for more info
- mike
Re: MX 17 Repository: The Seamonkey Thread
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:06 am
by mmikeinsantarosa
seamonkey-2.53.10 is now in main.
Check the
release notes page for more info
- mike