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yam wrote

Reply to comment by mima in What's your take on lemmy? (federated postmill alike, but run by tankies) by syster

Pale Moon devs throwing a tantrum. Their insistence on static linking is problematic to say the least.

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southerntofu wrote

Wow thanks for enlightening me pale moon is definitely a no-go for me now :)

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mima wrote (edited )

Pale Moon doesn't do static linking (in fact I think they'd vehemently oppose anyone doing that), they only bundle selected versions of libraries (like jemalloc) in their code. They argue that using the system-provided jemalloc would lead to memory leaks and instability. You can see more on why they don't use system libraries here.

I agree that Tobin was a bit too harsh on that github issue, but that doesn't excuse the behaviour of the OpenBSD people either. They could've just used a unofficial branding if they insist on using system libs, but they didn't, and they actually look more like throwing a tantrum by removing Pale Moon completely from their ports.

Btw, an official FreeBSD port is currently being worked on right now.

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