That was not my reason for removing it from the repository.
To all of you calling it a crappy browser – I don’t think it is a crappy browser. If you want to keep running Pale Moon, you can use the SlackBuild script maintained by Khronosschoty and one of the binary packages he provides here:
Is pale moon browser safe code#
That just falls short of confessing that their code is not mature yet. Also, Moonchild refuses to mention me as a “contributed build” on the “ contributed builds” page.Īnd frankly, I have enough of the arrogant attitude that all issues with their browser (which is a derivative of Mozilla Firefox code, forked before the moment certain big changes were being made to Firefox) are caused by packagers who compile and distribute their own binaries and never caused by the developers. However, the above is not how a respectful relationship between developer and distributor works. That set me off on the wrong foot from the beginning, but I thought an alternative to Firefox would be beneficial to Slackware users, so I added the package and build script despite my misgivings. When working on my initial SlackBuild script and trying to obtain approval to use their ‘official branding’ I had a seriously grim argument with the lead minion of the developer group and the lead maintainer had to step in to appease. The main developer is ridiculing Slackware.
The reason? Primarily the attitude of its developers. I have removed my contributed build of the Pale Moon browser from my package repository.
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