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>they don't want to build Firefox from scratch because the version they need is not available via a package manager

I really doubt Debian will flip the compile switch that completely prevents unsigned extensions on Iceweasel.

One of the maintainers already committed to flipping the switch on the mailing list. The reasoning given was that extension signing was a security feature and it is better to trust Mozilla than to trust an old add-on whose developer did not bother to update so that it could be signed.

>...than to trust an old add-on whose developer did not bother to update so that it could be signed.

Yea, those pesky deceased developers. When will they stop being so lazy and update their code?

I don't understand how technically savvy people are capable of reasoning around the walled garden approach. It isn't their place to tell me who I should trust.

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