Why is my firefox3 called minefield?[SOLVED]

Raccoon1400 · 2008-06-23 04:43:37

i know, minefield is the nightly builds.
But I just compiled firefox 3 with the pkgbuild from the extra repo. I compile it, and open it, and it is called minefield.
This started when I installed arch. I installed b5 from the repos, and that was called minefield. The issue persisted when I compiled the release candidates.
Now, I am using the final, and want to fix this once and for all.
using 64 bit, never installed firefox2

Last edited by Raccoon1400 (2008-06-23 13:56:24)

Allan · 2008-06-23 04:50:55

That is the free code-name. Firefox is trademarked and we can't use that name unless we use the official mozilla binary. I.e. we can't add any patches or build it against the system libraries. Firefox2 was know as Bon Echo for the same reason.

Raccoon1400 · 2008-06-23 04:53:53

I assume that is why in debian, it is called iceweasel.
Is there anything I can do.
I'll at least replace the icon. Can i fix the name?
I find this somewhat ironic.

Allan · 2008-06-23 04:58:18

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fir … x_Branding

Don't know how much applies to FF3...

Raccoon1400 · 2008-06-23 05:01:03

Thanks. That should do it. Have to wait until tomorrow, though.
(1 am)

JGC · 2008-06-23 06:45:52

The wiki article needs some updates for FF3. First of all, recompiling firefox takes only one minute on most systems, because firefox 3.0 is just a skin and some extensions for xulrunner these days. Enabling branding, combined with installing the correct icon file should be enough.

Allan · 2008-06-23 06:51:09

Is is so fast to recompile now! Just run this in a directory with the firefox build files (from abs)

OLDMD5=`md5sum mozconfig | cut -d' ' -f1`
echo ac_add_options --enable-official-branding >> mozconfig
NEWMD5=`md5sum mozconfig | cut -d' ' -f1`
sed -i "s#$OLDMD5#$NEWMD5#" PKGBUILD
sed -i "s#browser/app#dist/branding#g" PKGBUILD

and run makepkg.

Raccoon1400 · 2008-06-23 13:56:06

Thanks for the sh script. Saved me a few seconds.
I have the firefox title and icon now, but the "about mozilla firefox" box still says minefield.

DonVla · 2008-06-23 14:16:54

Allan wrote:

That is the free code-name. Firefox is trademarked and we can't use that name unless we use the official mozilla binary. I.e. we can't add any patches or build it against the system libraries. Firefox2 was know as Bon Echo for the same reason.

though minefield is not a really trustworthy name...

tailor · 2008-06-23 14:18:51

Hi there!

I installed Minefield today. Just have to ask this:
Does anyone know how to get rid of it showing my bookmarks in the adress bar?
I think it sucks. It still is the best browser for my needs, but this feature is not very nice imho.

Thanks

tailor

ozar · 2008-06-23 14:31:46

tailor wrote:

Hi there!
I installed Minefield today. Just have to ask this:
Does anyone know how to get rid of it showing my bookmarks in the adress bar?
I think it sucks. It still is the best browser for my needs, but this feature is not very nice imho.
Thanks
tailor

Yes sir!

Enter about:config in location bar
filter for urlbar
change browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped to be true

Raccoon1400 · 2008-06-23 14:33:07

or right click on the menubar and uncheck bookmarks toolbar.

Garns · 2008-06-23 18:03:40

DonVla wrote:

though minefield is not a really trustworthy name...

I think i goes quiet well with a browser . And I can associate that name to something in contrast to "Bon Echo" .

berbae · 2008-06-24 09:40:49

Yesterday I used the firefox-branded package in the AUR, and today it has disappeared.
Is it because of the trademark problem with the name and the icon image, or because it is almost the same as the Arch official one, and the Allan method given above is so easy to implement without a special package for it ?
But if the name of the package is not changed, the update with 'pacman -Syu' will overwrite it when an update is released.
With the AUR package firefox-branded, that would not occur, with the lines :
replaces=('firefox' 'firefox3' 'firefox3-branded')
conflicts=('firefox' 'firefox3' 'firefox3-branded')
in the PKGBUILD
So isn't it better to keep the AUR package with the 'firefox-branded' name ?

Allan · 2008-06-24 10:02:26

I don't know why it is not there anymore. With those replaces/conflicts pacman won't replace firefox-branded with firefox when a new version comes out. I have "IgnorePkg = firefox thunderbird" in my /etc/pacman.conf so I get informed about the update but it does not happen and then Ican build them from source.

tailor · 2008-06-24 12:08:22

ozar wrote:

Yes sir!
Enter about:config in location bar
filter for urlbar
change browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped to be true

Thanks sir ozar sir!
Now it looks good to me.

Look what a handsome browser I have...

toofishes · 2008-06-24 12:22:30

tailor wrote:

ozar wrote:
Yes sir!
Enter about:config in location bar
filter for urlbar
change browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped to be true
Thanks sir ozar sir!
Now it looks good to me.
Look what a handsome browser I have...

And crippled because you just lost the best new feature of Firefox 3. I wouldn't want to go back anymore.

ozar · 2008-06-24 14:54:59

toofishes wrote:

And crippled because you just lost the best new feature of Firefox 3. I wouldn't want to go back anymore.

Ah, but that's purely a matter of opinion. That's the first new feature that I disable because it totally sucks, in my opinion. It's just too distracting for my own tastes. Still, I'm glad it's there for those that like it.

Redroar · 2008-06-24 15:51:10

You know what the best part of FF3 is? The fact that it works with then newest Vimperator.

Misfit138 · 2008-06-27 19:12:49

Redroar wrote:

You know what the best part of FF3 is? The fact that it works with then newest Vimperator.

Vimperator 0.5.3 could not be installed because it is not compatible with Minefield 3.0.

chimeric · 2008-06-27 19:40:27

You'll need version 1.1 from http://vimperator.mozdev.org.

unixguru · 2008-06-27 20:00:43

There is some mistake, Firefox 3 should be Gran Paradiso and the icon should just be a globe.

Raccoon1400 · 2008-06-27 21:34:08

unixguru wrote:

There is some mistake, Firefox 3 should be Gran Paradiso and the icon should just be a globe.

That's certainly a better name than minefield. Anyway, I enabled branding, so it is firefox now.

ssjlegendx · 2008-06-28 04:02:25

unixguru wrote:

There is some mistake, Firefox 3 should be Gran Paradiso and the icon should just be a globe.

This blog entry explains the difference between Minefield and Grand Paradisio.

Raccoon1400 · 2008-06-28 04:07:37

ssjlegendx wrote:

unixguru wrote:
There is some mistake, Firefox 3 should be Gran Paradiso and the icon should just be a globe.
This blog entry explains the difference between Minefield and Grand Paradisio.

Okay. But I didn't have a trunk build, and it was called minefield.

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