Firefox 52 localized build might need different l10n repository

Cesare · 03-29-2017, 08:30 PM

I need a localized Firefox for my parents who use Slackware but don't speak English. But with the recent upgrade to Firefox 52 the localized build failed at the end.

The reason: the changeset for the 'de' locale listed in in l10n_changesets.txt simply doesn't exist in the 'l10n-central' repository where the SlackBuild tries to clone the locale from. However, the changesets for other locales like 'fr' and 'nl' do exist.

After some digging I found another repository at https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/l10n/mozilla-release that has the missing changeset (as well as the non-missing 'fr' and 'nl' changesets).

In case the build for your locale of choice fails, too, try the following patch:

Code:

--- mozilla-firefox.SlackBuild.orig	2017-03-28 19:28:46.000000000 +0200
+++ mozilla-firefox.SlackBuild	2017-03-30 01:18:30.427276996 +0200
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 if [ ! -z $MOZLOCALIZE ]; then
   LOC_URL="http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/candidates/$VERSION-candidates/build1/l10n_changesets.txt"
   LOC_COMMIT=$(wget -q -O - $LOC_URL | grep ^$MOZLOCALIZE | cut -d\  -f2)
-  hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/l10n-central/$MOZLOCALIZE -r $LOC_COMMIT
+  hg clone https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/l10n/mozilla-release/$MOZLOCALIZE -r $LOC_COMMIT || exit 1
 fi
 
 # Patch mimeTypes.rdf

I thought tags had been dropped somewhen in the past for whatever reason, but the 'releases' repository is actually tagged. So instead of trying to find the correct changeset, simply cloning e.g. FENNEC_52_0_2_RELEASE should work again.

Didier Spaier · 03-29-2017, 11:55 PM

Meanwhile you can get a bundle of Firefox 45.8.0 + many locales (repackaged from official binaries) from Salix repos 32- bit and 64-bit. I will ask George Vlahavas if he intends to follow suite and upgrade to the 52 branch.

Similarly you can get Thunderbird 45.8.0 with many locales bundled (also repackaged) from Slint repos 32-bit and 64-bit. In this case there is no 52 stable release available at time of writing in the repo of official binaries.

Didier Spaier · 03-30-2017, 06:43 AM

Following my previous post: George intends to switch to the 52esr branch when the 48 branch will be out-of-life in June, at the end of the qualification period of the 52 branch:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...nizations/faq/

We will wait for that for Slint 14.2 as we currently use Salix packages for Firefox and I don't think there be a real hurry, unless someone provides a good rationale to go faster, in which case we could tentatively include Firefox in the Slint repos.

I apologize if this post is seen as off-topic.