Mull is dead, fast LibreWolf Android build possible?
codeberg.org
On https://divestos.org/pages/news, Tavi has announced that Mull, the widely used Firefox with Arkenfox fork for Android, is discontinued. If at all possible, it would be of great value for many if LibreWolf were to pick up where Mull left off. Everything concerning the build process and th...

The DivestOS developer Tavi has stopped his work on the project and all apps.

Thanks a lot for your great efforts! I have used Mull, Mulch, Carrion and Hypatia and they were all great.

Now we are looking for a future of the Mull browser, while the other software projects are also important for sure.

What is absolutely important: Donate!

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    2 days ago

    I don’t think it is realistic for other projects to step in and reproduce or take on a project that has closed.

    It really needs new people to step up and take over the projects that that have closed. FOSS is stretched as it is. Of course ask the question, but Divest OS has a community of people who used it - is there no one in that community who can step in?

    The whole divestos thing shows the problems with single person or small projects - they’re great while they last but people are 100% dependent on that one person to continue. That is a lot of pressure to produce on that one person, but also it is concerning if a popular project fails to grow beyond that one person into a sustainable project particularly over 10 years. That suggests either the person is not able to work with other people or unwilling to let go of control, or the community is not stepping up to help, or a mix of all these things?

    There may be other factors too, but an entire security focused project dependent on one person is inherently insecure and unstable. When people are making choices around security I’d suggest an important one is who is running a project and his sustainable is it. Because it’s a big ask to keep an OS secure.

    • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOP
      51·
      2 days ago

      Yes totally and I also want to contribute. But it would make a lot of sense to have it as “librewolf android”, with one organization.

      They track the same things often, for example hardening/user.js changes.

      The build system is already done, just needs to be automated somewhere. I think they were both built on codeberg, not sure as divestOS also has a Github repo.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        31·
        1 day ago

        If we all donates we could get a full time person to help out. It would take a lot of money but it isn’t impossible.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I could try to take over but the problem is that I know enough to be dangerous. Chances are I would screw something up which would lead to a major security problem.