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Downloads:

18,503

Downloads of v 68.6.0:

42

Last Update:

12 Mar 2020

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • GNU Project

Tags:

foss cross-platform admin unofficial gnu icecat web browser web-browser firefox freedom privacy esr fork

GNU IceCat

Downloads:

18,503

Downloads of v 68.6.0:

42

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • GNU Project

GNU IceCat

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

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This package was rejected on 16 Apr 2020. The reviewer chocolatey-ops has listed the following reason(s):

dimqua (maintainer) on 12 Mar 2020 00:02:25 +00:00:

User 'dimqua' (maintainer) submitted package.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 12 Mar 2020 00:37:36 +00:00:

icecat has passed automated validation. It may have or may still fail other checks like testing (verification).
Congratulations! This package passed automatic validation review without flagging on any issues the validator currently checks. A human review could still turn up issues a computer may not easily find.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 12 Mar 2020 02:28:04 +00:00:

icecat has failed automated testing.
This is not the only check that is performed so check the package page to ensure a 'Ready' status.
Please visit https://gist.github.com/24af25ce23a2d703c83a1ef2fdcffd5a for details.
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chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 01 Apr 2020 02:29:22 +00:00:

We've found icecat v68.6.0 in a submitted status and waiting for your next actions. It has had no updates for 20 or more days since a reviewer has asked for corrections. Please note that if there is no response or fix of the package within 15 days of this message, this package version will automatically be closed (rejected) due to being stale.

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chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 16 Apr 2020 02:32:59 +00:00:

Unfortunately there has not been progress to move icecat v68.6.0 towards an approved status within 15 days after the last review message, so we need to close (reject) the package version at this time. If you want to pick this version up and move it towards approval in the future, use the contact site admins link on the package page and we can move it back into a submitted status so you can submit updates.

Status Change - Changed status of package from 'submitted' to 'rejected'.

Description

GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. It aim to be based on the the current official release of Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) with removal of trademarked artwork and proprietary components. Important differences between Mozilla's Firefox and GNU IceCat is that IceCat has a focus on freedom and privacy.

However, IceCat is not a straight fork of Firefox ESR; instead, it is a parallel effort that works closely with and re-bases in synchronization on the latest Firefox ESR as the upstream supplier, with patches merged upstream whenever possible; although it should be noted that additional security updates are customized to IceCat occasionally.

Notes

  • IceCat developers dropped support for Windows in 2016: "Note that building binary packages for Windows and macOS currently requires non-free software, so we no longer distribute binary releases for those platforms".
  • This package contains an unofficial version of GNU IceCat installer for Windows x64 only.

tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  url64          = 'https://github.com/muslayev/icecat-win64/releases/download/v68.6.0/icecat-68.6.0.en-US.win64.installer.exe'
  checksum64     = '3efbac19f9b53ac599cce3cbbcc29cec1887ad82c7b8ba0226bb95d369d3beb2'
  checksumType64 = 'sha256'
  silentArgs     = '-ms'
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

Get-ChildItem $toolsDir\*.exe | ForEach-Object { Remove-Item $_ -ea 0; if (Test-Path $_) { Set-Content "$_.ignore" } }

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Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
GNU IceCat 91.8.0 491 Thursday, April 7, 2022 Approved
GNU IceCat 91.7.0 305 Friday, March 11, 2022 Approved
GNU IceCat 91.6.0 199 Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Approved
GNU IceCat 91.5.0 342 Saturday, January 22, 2022 Approved
GNU IceCat 91.4.1 269 Saturday, January 1, 2022 Approved
GNU IceCat 91.3.0 381 Sunday, November 21, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 91.2.0 373 Thursday, October 14, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.12.0 653 Thursday, July 22, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.11.0 436 Saturday, June 12, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.10.1 378 Sunday, May 9, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.9.0 403 Sunday, April 4, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.7.1 575 Monday, February 15, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.7.0 407 Saturday, January 30, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.6.1 624 Saturday, January 9, 2021 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.6.0 398 Friday, December 18, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.5.0 483 Monday, November 16, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.4.0 362 Thursday, October 22, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 78.3.0 270 Friday, October 9, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 68.9.0 823 Thursday, June 4, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 68.8.0 330 Thursday, May 7, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 68.7.0 341 Sunday, April 12, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 68.5.0 415 Monday, March 2, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 68.4.1 406 Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 68.4.0 208 Friday, January 10, 2020 Approved
GNU IceCat 68.2.0 454 Sunday, October 27, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 68.1.0 372 Thursday, September 5, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.8.0 396 Thursday, July 11, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.7.2 258 Saturday, July 6, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.7.1 244 Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.7.0 441 Thursday, May 23, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.6.3 226 Sunday, May 19, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.6.2 296 Thursday, May 9, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.6.1 390 Sunday, April 21, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.6.0 320 Friday, March 22, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.5.2 264 Friday, March 8, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.5.0 222 Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.4.0 379 Thursday, December 20, 2018 Approved
GNU IceCat 60.3.0 290 Thursday, November 22, 2018 Approved
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