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Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 4:26 am
by seriousness
Hello, hope this is the right forum for my question:
every time a new version is available, it wants to replace the installed AVX build from test with the SSE2 one on updating.
Would it be possible to give the packages different names to prevent this?
Re: Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:50 am
by Stevo
We are putting the AVX version in the test repo for now to keep it separate. Just refuse the regular upgrade and use MXPI to install the test repo version instead.
Re: Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 10:59 am
by fehlix
seriousness wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 4:26 am
Hello, hope this is the right forum for my question:
every time a new version is available, it wants to replace the installed AVX build from test with the SSE2 one on updating.
Would it be possible to give the packages different names to prevent this?
Jost hold the one you want to get not upgrade with
It will be shown as kept back package.
Re: Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:34 am
by seriousness
Thanks, I know how to work around this; it's just somewhat inconvenient...
Re: Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:56 am
by fehlix
seriousness wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 11:34 am
Thanks, I know how to work around this; it's just somewhat inconvenient...
That's good. This is the way apt works, the latest (highest) version will be selected as installation candidate. Either set to hold current, or set a PIN priority accordingly to convince apt to keep a lower version.
Re: Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2025 7:03 pm
by Stevo
I think it's a better idea to get the updated browser with bugfixes, even if the first install will be non-AVX. Can you really tell if it's much slower?
Pale Moon is also really protective of its name, I don't want to go changing it right off.
Re: Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 3:10 am
by seriousness
I notice a slight improvement, but this could also be homeopathic...
Firefox and Vivaldi perform better without demanding for AVX.
Re: Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 3:48 pm
by jeffreyC
Stevo wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 7:03 pm
I think it's a better idea to get the updated browser with bugfixes, even if the first install will be non-AVX. Can you really tell if it's much slower?
Pale Moon is also really protective of its name, I don't want to go changing it right off.
Would they object to palemoon-avx as a name though?
It might be worth asking on their forum.
Re: Different package name for Pale Moon AVX?
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 4:00 pm
by Stevo
Since the "palemoons" they provide are all avx already, I can see how they might object to that.