roadrunner_ex@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 23 hours agoFirefox has moved onto Githubgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkFirefox has moved onto Githubgithub.comroadrunner_ex@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews
minus-squareKissaki@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 hours agoWhen I searched for text “github” I did not find anything. But searching in the inspector to cover urls: Firefox and related code is stored in our git repository. Which makes it all the more confusing. Stored there, but patches only elsewhere? Really, for a “moved their sources” claim I’d prefer some form of announcement or docs that describe this.
minus-squaremogoh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 hours agoI have searched a bit more. The transition is in process since 2023. [1] I don’t find any announcement though. It looks like the process is now finished and the github repository is now the official main source. There are other news sites claiming this. [2] [1] https://glandium.org/blog/?p=4346 [2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-On-GitHub
When I searched for text “github” I did not find anything. But searching in the inspector to cover urls:
Which makes it all the more confusing. Stored there, but patches only elsewhere?
Really, for a “moved their sources” claim I’d prefer some form of announcement or docs that describe this.
I have searched a bit more. The transition is in process since 2023. [1] I don’t find any announcement though.
It looks like the process is now finished and the github repository is now the official main source. There are other news sites claiming this. [2]
[1] https://glandium.org/blog/?p=4346 [2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-On-GitHub