Software Development

The unfortunate reality is that x86 computers come encumbered with built-in low-level backdoors like the Intel Management Engine , as well as nonfree boot firmware. This means that users can’t gain full control over their computers, even if they install a free operating system such as Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .

Hyperbola is working hard to fix these issues and getting closer every day, but for the time being, this is why many current Respects Your Freedom (RYF) offerings are refurbished older devices.

For the future of free computing, we need support architectures that do not come with such malware pre-installed, and the Power9-based Talos II promises to be a great architecture example for workstations and servers environments where Hyperbola is focused since is a fully free long-term support distribution.

Devices like this are the future of computing that Respects Your Freedom and for that reason it’s a high priority for Hyperbola port all packages for the POWER architecture (power64le).

NOTE: POWER porting is focused only for Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .

The unfortunate reality is that x86 computers come encumbered with built-in low-level backdoors like the Intel Management Engine , as well as nonfree boot firmware. This means that users can’t gain full control over their computers, even if they install a free operating system such as Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .

Hyperbola is working hard to fix these issues and getting closer every day, but for the time being, this is why many current Respects Your Freedom (RYF) offerings are refurbished older devices.

For the future of free computing, we need support architectures that do not come with such malware pre-installed, and ARM A7/A53 promises to be a great architecture example for low-power computers, laptops and embedded systems.

NOTE: ARM porting is focused only for HyperbolaBSD .

Within the concurrent version of xenocara for version 0.4 there is a problem in vesa, generating the error-message “V_BIOS address 0×0 out of range”. It is a known old bug that was fixed when D-Bus arrived by default.

This issue is oriented onto to document the steps to test further solutions and rework the x-server.

Description:
Historically, Icedove was a re-branding of Mozilla Thunderbird by the Debian project, with minimal modifications, in order to resolve branding disputes. Debian since discontinued Icedove after reaching an agreement with Mozilla over the use of it’s trademark.

Otherwise, new Thunderbird will use Quantum, a platform that contains numerous privacy, freedom, and trademark issues, in addition to an ever expanding Google Chromium code base which breaks compatibility with previous versions. Therefore, i suggest port our current Icedove from the deprecated XUL platform to UXP one like our Iceweasel-UXP.

TODO list:

• Remove SSL Error Reporting telemetry from installer/package-manifest.in. [0]

• Add missing emoji browser/fonts/”TwemojiMozilla.ttf” library to UXP sources

• Change Icedove-UXP logo typeface from the non-free “Libertad Book” to free “DejaVU Sans”.

• Rename Icedove to Icedove-UXP in logo typeface.

• Check “Thunderbird” remaining references.

• Fix/adapt confvars.sh to UXP-based applications. (eg. MOZ_APP_VERSION=52.9.`date –utc ‘+%Y%m%d’`)

Description:
Historically, Iceape was a re-branding of Seamonkey by the Debian project, with minimal modifications, in order to resolve branding disputes.

As of December 2013 , Iceape was no longer being maintained by the Debian project and users were encouraged to migrate to other alternatives for security patches.

However, since Seamonkey is being maintained from Thunderbird source and Hyperbola is porting Icedove to UXP platform , it could be built on the UXP platform which contains multiple security and privacy improvements.

TODO list:

• Change Iceape-UXP logo typeface from the non-free “Libertad Book” to free “DejaVU Sans”.

• Rename Iceape to Iceape-UXP in logo typeface.

• Check “Seamonkey” remaining references.

• Fix/adapt confvars.sh to UXP-based applications. (eg. MOZ_APP_VERSION=52.9.`date –utc ‘+%Y%m%d’`)

Packages:

- efivar 37-1

Logs:

root@hyperiso ~ # mkdir /mnt/{boot,home}
root@hyperiso ~ # mount /dev/sda2 /mnt
root@hyperiso ~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
root@hyperiso ~ # mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/home
root@hyperiso ~ # swapon /dev/sda4
...
root@hyperiso ~ # arch-chroot /mnt
[root@hyperiso /]# grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
grub-install: error while loading shared libraries: libefivar.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[root@hyperiso /]# 

Create “chroot-nspawn” wrapper as a “systemd-nspawn” replacement.
It’s needed for “libretools” package.

* Create git project.
* Create “chroot-nspawn” wrapper.

User reports a problem with the concurrent version of fair-viewer and gtk-fair-viewer, not being able to start and run the application. More details in the posting: https://forums.hyperbola.info/viewtopic.php?pid=3476#p3476

With the newest package-update the xserver xenocara has missing dependencies towards adobe-fonts and twm.

Develop GNU/HyperBK patchset for toolchain (Glibc, Binutils and GCC) and packages.

PATCHING NOTE

Make sure the definitions are not simply duplicated from GNU/Linux' because that will eventually result in
out-of-sync definitions that break for us.

Example of triplet check:	linux*-gnu | gnu* | hyperbk-gnu)
Example of uname check:		Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
Example of C macro check:	defined(__linux__) || defined(__GNU__) || defined(__GLIBC__)
				[note: GNU/Hurd defines __GNU__, and GNU/HyperBK define __GLIBC__ as hardcoded macro]
Example of makefile check:	ifneq (, $(filter Linux GNU GNU_%, $(shell uname -s)))
				[note1: findstring matches subwords, use filter instead]
				[note2: list must be the first parameter, otherwise matching fails]
				[note3: "%" is make's wildcard]

dig: error while loading shared libraries: libuv.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

* package

Name : bind-tools
Version : 9.16.15-1
Description : The ISC DNS tools
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://www.isc.org/software/bind/ Licenses : ISC
Groups : None
Provides : dnsutils=9.16.15
Depends On : glibc libcap libxml2 libnsl libidn2 lmdb zlib krb5 e2fsprogs libressl readline geoip dnssec-anchors json-c
Optional Deps : python: for python scripts
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : dnsutils
Replaces : dnsutils host
Installed Size : 6.55 MiB
Packager : HyperBuilder hyperbuilder@hyperbola.info Build Date : Fri Sep 10 13:39:29 2021
Install Date : Mon May 16 06:19:34 2022
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By : Signature

I may be wrong as I did not migrate to 0.3 yet, but I think that `msmtp` has been forgotten and needs to be recompiled with `libressl`.

Please remove this report if I am wrong.

I may be wrong for I did not migrate to 0.3 as of yet, but I think that `msmtp` has been forgotten and needs to be recompiled with `libressl`.

Please remove this report if I am mistaken.

From what I can see, `msmtp` still needs to be recompiled with `libressl`. Please remove this report if I am mistaken.

I would like it if you could, fork noscript legacy and constantly update it based on the webext one’s changes without of course, using the webext.

What I mean, is be applying the new security fixes they put into the webext one (the ones you need)

and then, apply them into iceweasel-classic’s noscript.

Even if you plan on updating it once a month, this is critical in my opinion for keeping the browser safe.

5.1.85 is the current latest legacy noscript version within noscript.net’s website.

ps, this is doable right?

We don’t want obsolete software after all.

Name: New Tab Tools
Version: 81 (compatible Firefox version 52)
Source code: Github
Description: Customize Firefox’s. Tabs Page

https://github.com/darktrojan/newtabtools

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-tools/

I would like to have this package also added to icedove-uxp.
It would be lovely, given that the latest legacy package of ublock origin supports legacy/thunderbird without webext of course. :)

Add version 5.1.9

Very important for iceape users to keep updated often.

0.9.5.8.4 version would be good to have.

Hello,

some of the current search-engines and websites used within Iceweasel-UXP per default are not reachable or even out of function. To be named are the following for now:

- Yacy
- Quitter / GNUSocial-instance
- Invidious-instance

It would be good to change or replace those.

the cardbook version is 30.9 i tried with vcard 4.0 and vcard 3.0 same issue editing or creating a contact makes
icedove-uxp crash!