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Dec 19 2018

jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.

@sean.obrien Can you please elaborate what more exactly you tested when you wrote "I've tested, and it works".

Dec 19 2018, 07:34 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a parent task for T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store: T247: purebrowser: Choice of user-agent string lack a policy.
Dec 19 2018, 06:23 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a subtask for T247: purebrowser: Choice of user-agent string lack a policy: T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.
Dec 19 2018, 06:23 · Restricted Project
guido created T656: Need s.th. like tracker.debian.org.
Dec 19 2018, 00:26 · Restricted Project

Dec 18 2018

sean.obrien added a comment to T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.

I did some more testing, and for the sake of accuracy, this is a slightly better UA string:

Dec 18 2018, 22:27 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
sean.obrien added a comment to T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.

We need to change the PureBrowser user agent string format to be compatible with the Firefox addons site. After discussions with Mozilla, this is the format of the string we need to send:

Dec 18 2018, 20:10 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a subtask for T57: [multiple issues] chromium: T241: chromium - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via (embedded copy of) libxnvctrl.
Dec 18 2018, 14:59
jonas.smedegaard added a parent task for T241: chromium - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via (embedded copy of) libxnvctrl: T57: [multiple issues] chromium.
Dec 18 2018, 14:59 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T241: chromium - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via (embedded copy of) libxnvctrl.

This issue is bogus - even if package is reintroduced into PureOS: libxnvctrl does _not_ need nor promote non-free software (see T64).

Dec 18 2018, 14:55 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard closed T224: qtwebengine-opensource-src - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl as Invalid.

This issue is bogus: libxnvctrl does _not_ need nor promote free software (see T64).

Dec 18 2018, 14:53 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard closed T224: qtwebengine-opensource-src - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl , a subtask of T64: libxnvctrl - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver, as Invalid.
Dec 18 2018, 14:53 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T223: psensor - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl , a subtask of T64: libxnvctrl - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver, from Resolved to Invalid.
Dec 18 2018, 14:52 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T223: psensor - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl from Resolved to Invalid.

This issue is bogus: libxnvctrl does _not_ need nor promote free software (see T64).

Dec 18 2018, 14:52 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T222: mate-sensors-applet - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl from Resolved to Invalid.

This issue is bogus: libxnvctrl does _not_ need nor promote free software (see T64).

Dec 18 2018, 14:51 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T222: mate-sensors-applet - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl , a subtask of T64: libxnvctrl - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver, from Resolved to Invalid.
Dec 18 2018, 14:51 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T221: conky - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl from Resolved to Invalid.

This issue is bogus: libxnvctrl does _not_ need nor promote free software (see T64).

Dec 18 2018, 14:51 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T221: conky - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl, a subtask of T64: libxnvctrl - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver, from Resolved to Invalid.
Dec 18 2018, 14:51 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T221: conky - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver via libxnvctrl, a subtask of T367: PureOS is not fully in sync with Debian, from Resolved to Invalid.
Dec 18 2018, 14:51
jonas.smedegaard created T655: libxnvctrl bogusly blocked from entering PureOS.
Dec 18 2018, 14:48
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T64: libxnvctrl - promotes non-free NVIDIA driver from Resolved to Invalid.

I have come to same conclusion as you, @mak, that this is no Freedom issue, and too painful without any real gain to try solve.

Dec 18 2018, 14:31 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree code
chris.lamb added a comment to T648: Calculate reproducibility status of "default" packages.

https://salsa.debian.org/qa/jenkins.debian.net/merge_requests/24 merged

Dec 18 2018, 11:27
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T525: Please ship the fractal matrix client.

That's your call.

Dec 18 2018, 09:52 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster added a comment to T525: Please ship the fractal matrix client.

I think making a flatpak and hosting that flatpak is an acceptable approach. This is why;

Dec 18 2018, 08:06 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster awarded T649: Migrations should take autopkgtests into account a Like token.
Dec 18 2018, 07:29 · Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T525: Please ship the fractal matrix client.

I see several approaches:

Dec 18 2018, 06:25 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster added a comment to T525: Please ship the fractal matrix client.

It feels like there is a decision to be made here: are we going to invest time and resources in PureOS components when they are not in Debian yet? My feeling from the team is that the answer is an emphatic "yes."

Dec 18 2018, 05:48 · Restricted Project

Dec 17 2018

user22492 created T654: gvfsd causes memory leak when transfering multiple folders to a phone.
Dec 17 2018, 20:35
guido added a comment to T652: Please package mfgtools.

I've put initial packaging here https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/mfgtools/tree/pureos/purple .
RFP for Debian is . I'm happy to maintain this in Debian if someone from the PureOS team joins me.

Dec 17 2018, 06:19
mak lowered the priority of T653: Unable to boot PureOS on Acer Nitro AN515-42-R6GV (UEFI cannot be disabled) from High to Low.
Dec 17 2018, 04:05
mak added a comment to T653: Unable to boot PureOS on Acer Nitro AN515-42-R6GV (UEFI cannot be disabled).

It's more tied to the fact that PureOS does not support UEFI in any way.
We should add support for it, but as of now this task is kind of low priority.

Dec 17 2018, 04:04
praveen added a comment to T653: Unable to boot PureOS on Acer Nitro AN515-42-R6GV (UEFI cannot be disabled).

Requested debian weekly live images here https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916687 (as my primary use case is to test laptopsfor h-node.org and debian live images support UEFI)

Dec 17 2018, 03:56
jonas.smedegaard assigned T653: Unable to boot PureOS on Acer Nitro AN515-42-R6GV (UEFI cannot be disabled) to mak.

Seems directly tied to bootstrapping tools in the hands of Matthias.

Dec 17 2018, 03:44
guido added a comment to T652: Please package mfgtools.

Just for reference: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/librem5-devkit-tools - it will gain a librem5-devkit-host part with the next MR.

Dec 17 2018, 03:01
praveen added a comment to T653: Unable to boot PureOS on Acer Nitro AN515-42-R6GV (UEFI cannot be disabled).

T440 is related but they had an option to disable UEFI.

Dec 17 2018, 02:59
praveen created T653: Unable to boot PureOS on Acer Nitro AN515-42-R6GV (UEFI cannot be disabled).
Dec 17 2018, 02:58
guido renamed T652: Please package mfgtools from Please package uuu to Please package mfgtools.
Dec 17 2018, 01:19
guido created T652: Please package mfgtools.
Dec 17 2018, 01:18

Dec 15 2018

smcdonough closed T651: Add button on PureOS Gnome add VPN dialog inactive. as Resolved.

Did the following as per instructed and it fixed the issue:

Dec 15 2018, 10:18

Dec 14 2018

smcdonough created T651: Add button on PureOS Gnome add VPN dialog inactive..
Dec 14 2018, 22:11

Dec 13 2018

jeremiah.foster closed T650: Determine if Gitlab uses Free, Libre Javascript as Resolved.
Dec 13 2018, 14:29 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
jeremiah.foster updated the task description for T650: Determine if Gitlab uses Free, Libre Javascript.
Dec 13 2018, 14:29 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
jeremiah.foster added a comment to T650: Determine if Gitlab uses Free, Libre Javascript.

Thank you David. I'm going to take the C as a passing grade and close this tracker item concluding that Gitlab CE is sufficiently free for our purposes.

Dec 13 2018, 14:27 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
mladen edited the content of Missing Firmware.
Dec 13 2018, 10:44
d3vid added a comment to T650: Determine if Gitlab uses Free, Libre Javascript.

Note that FSF give GitLab a C-grade "Acceptable hosting for a GNU package", noting "All JavaScript code served to the client is free, but does not work with LibreJS enabled."

Dec 13 2018, 10:13 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
jeremiah.foster added a comment to T650: Determine if Gitlab uses Free, Libre Javascript.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2015-03/msg00095.html

Dec 13 2018, 07:48 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
jeremiah.foster changed the status of T650: Determine if Gitlab uses Free, Libre Javascript from Open to Incomplete.
Dec 13 2018, 07:42 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
jeremiah.foster added a comment to T650: Determine if Gitlab uses Free, Libre Javascript.

More discussion on this topic upstream: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/51287
NB: This thread ^^ is about Gitlab Community Edition.

Dec 13 2018, 07:41 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code

Dec 11 2018

jeremiah.foster created T650: Determine if Gitlab uses Free, Libre Javascript.
Dec 11 2018, 11:04 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard assigned T633: Package migrations in Laniakea should take reproducibility into account to mak.
Dec 11 2018, 06:26 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard assigned T645: Output on pureos-changes is confusing to mak.
Dec 11 2018, 06:24 · Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard assigned T646: Please process new uploads to PureOS more often to mak.
Dec 11 2018, 06:21 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard assigned T647: Please allow for date based snapshots of PureOS to mak.
Dec 11 2018, 06:20 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard assigned T642: PureOS Archive Installer refers to ftp-master.debian.org to mak.
Dec 11 2018, 06:00 · Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard assigned T649: Migrations should take autopkgtests into account to mak.
Dec 11 2018, 05:59 · Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a project to T649: Migrations should take autopkgtests into account: Restricted Project.
Dec 11 2018, 05:59 · Restricted Project
guido created T649: Migrations should take autopkgtests into account.
Dec 11 2018, 03:02 · Restricted Project
guido renamed T642: PureOS Archive Installer refers to ftp-master.debian.org from PureOS Archive Installer referts to ftp-master.debian.org to PureOS Archive Installer refers to ftp-master.debian.org.
Dec 11 2018, 02:55 · Restricted Project
mladen edited the content of Default Apps.
Dec 11 2018, 02:00

Dec 10 2018

omar.aboulhosn edited the content of Purebrowser.
Dec 10 2018, 13:58
jeremiah.foster edited the content of Purebrowser.
Dec 10 2018, 12:07
jeremiah.foster edited the content of Purebrowser.
Dec 10 2018, 12:07
jeremiah.foster edited the content of Policy.
Dec 10 2018, 12:04 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster edited the content of PureOS.
Dec 10 2018, 12:04
jeremiah.foster created Purebrowser.
Dec 10 2018, 12:04
jeremiah.foster edited the content of PureOS.
Dec 10 2018, 12:03
jeremiah.foster edited the content of Policy.
Dec 10 2018, 12:02 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster edited the content of Policy.
Dec 10 2018, 12:01 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster edited the content of Policy.
Dec 10 2018, 11:48 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster edited the content of Policy.
Dec 10 2018, 11:47 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster created Policy.
Dec 10 2018, 11:43 · Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster edited the content of PureOS.
Dec 10 2018, 11:41
jeremiah.foster edited the content of PureOS.
Dec 10 2018, 11:39
chris.lamb created T648: Calculate reproducibility status of "default" packages.
Dec 10 2018, 08:27
chris.lamb closed T616: Calculate current reproducibility status within PureOS, a subtask of T615: Make PureOS reproducible, as Resolved.
Dec 10 2018, 07:53 · Restricted Project
chris.lamb closed T616: Calculate current reproducibility status within PureOS as Resolved.

As of this comment, we are at 84.5%. However:

Dec 10 2018, 07:53
guido updated the task description for T647: Please allow for date based snapshots of PureOS.
Dec 10 2018, 02:47 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project, Restricted Project
guido created T647: Please allow for date based snapshots of PureOS.
Dec 10 2018, 02:47 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project, Restricted Project
guido added a project to T647: Please allow for date based snapshots of PureOS: Restricted Project.
Dec 10 2018, 02:47 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project, Restricted Project

Dec 9 2018

sean.obrien added a comment to T644: Firefox ESR is not privacy-protecting enough by default.

When I first suggested this in the other issue, these addons were just suggestions, not a "must have" list.

Dec 9 2018, 22:12
jeremiah.foster added a comment to T644: Firefox ESR is not privacy-protecting enough by default.

I think you're right Jonas. I'll set up a tracker per add-on.

Dec 9 2018, 12:52
jeremiah.foster updated the task description for T644: Firefox ESR is not privacy-protecting enough by default.
Dec 9 2018, 12:50
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T367: PureOS is not fully in sync with Debian.

@heather.ellsworth I took the liberty of retitling "your" issue here to describe the issue to be addressed.

Dec 9 2018, 08:19
jonas.smedegaard renamed T367: PureOS is not fully in sync with Debian from Handling deviations from Debian to PureOS is not fully in sync with Debian.
Dec 9 2018, 08:14
jonas.smedegaard closed T235: xscreensaver - contain nonfree licensed file dmsc.asm as Resolved.

Fixed upstream in Debian (see T599).

Dec 9 2018, 08:11 · Freedom-harm: license not Debian-compliant
jonas.smedegaard closed T235: xscreensaver - contain nonfree licensed file dmsc.asm, a subtask of T367: PureOS is not fully in sync with Debian, as Resolved.
Dec 9 2018, 08:11
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T202: purebrowser: refuses to install Firefox-identified addons.

I wonder if we want to have an acceptance criteria for this issue since while it is "closed" it is not "solved" perhaps.

Dec 9 2018, 08:06 · Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.

This is T202 - merging into this newer one (instead of opposite) because this one had more details - except for the exact "error message" of the wording of the button when (mis)detected as not being _exactly_ Firefox.

Dec 9 2018, 07:53 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.
Dec 9 2018, 07:51 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard merged task T202: purebrowser: refuses to install Firefox-identified addons into T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.
Dec 9 2018, 07:50 · Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard merged T202: purebrowser: refuses to install Firefox-identified addons into T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.
Dec 9 2018, 07:50 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T644: Firefox ESR is not privacy-protecting enough by default.

I can suggest to create an issue for each addon, both to track their relationsips (e.g. if an addon like TOS;DR relates to _both_ privacy and freedom), and to track their resolution (i.e. packaging in Debian).

Dec 9 2018, 06:56
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T644: Firefox ESR is not privacy-protecting enough by default.

I suspect (but haven't looked closed) that some of the listed addons more appropriately belong in a new separate issue "PureOS is not freedom-governing enough by default".

Dec 9 2018, 06:53
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T644: Firefox ESR is not privacy-protecting enough by default.

I took the liberty of changing the title to describe the issue to be addressed here.

Dec 9 2018, 06:51
jonas.smedegaard renamed T644: Firefox ESR is not privacy-protecting enough by default from Additional default add-ons to PureOS browser to PureOS is not privacy-protecting enough by default.
Dec 9 2018, 06:47
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.
Dec 9 2018, 06:41 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.
Dec 9 2018, 06:33 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.
Dec 9 2018, 06:31 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard triaged T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store as Normal priority.
Dec 9 2018, 06:24 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.

Thank you @mladen.pejakovic. From what I can see, this essentially solves the issue no? I think we should close this issue.

Dec 9 2018, 06:24 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T595: PureBrowser incompatible with user-agent sniffing at Firefox add-on store.

Ah, thanks for the clarification. Makes sense to me now :-)

Dec 9 2018, 06:13 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project