freebsd stable - Jan 2007 - can we resurrect linux-firefox-1.5 ?

[sorry if i don't post this to -ports, but i feel
that this is really a -stable issue as it affects
one widely used port]

I am not sure if i am the only one, but on RELENG_6,
linux-firefox 2 is basically unusable (see details below),
while linux-firefox 1.5 is at least usable (even though
it has some memory leak so after a while its size grows
well above 3-400MB).

Would it be possible to resurrect the linux-firefox 1.5
port (under a separate name) so at least people have a choice
on which set of bugs they prefer ?

The problems with linux firefox 2.0 are that after a little bit of
browsing (let's say 50-100 pages) some of its threads seem to lock
up, functions on the gui stop working (e.g.  clicking on the tabs
does not work anymore) and in the end you have to kill it hard.

I have submitted a PR with more details.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/107219

	cheers
	luigi

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:06:45 -0800
Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> wrote:
> Would it be possible to resurrect the linux-firefox 1.5
> port (under a separate name) so at least people have a choice
> on which set of bugs they prefer ?
What makes native firefox unsuitable for you?
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway

On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 11:41:22PM +0100, Pietro Cerutti
wrote:
> On 1/16/07, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> wrote:
> >
> > So i am just advocating to keep the "stable" version around
while
> > the "current" one becomes stable enough.
> 
> You can get that port back to a specific date (e.g. with
> sysutils/portdowngrade) and reinstall the version which better applies
> your needs.
which is what i did - but it is an annoyance and not something
that the average user wants/knows how to do.

That is the reason why we have -stable and -current after all.

luigi