Re: DRM Content link in about:preferences#general

[Antonio T. sagitter]

On 5/7/21 7:35 PM, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Hi Antonio,

Hi Mark.

> "Antonio T. sagitter" <sagitter@fedoraproject.org> writes:
>
> > On 5/7/21 6:21 AM, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> > > Hi Antonio,
> > >
> > > "Antonio T. sagitter" <sagitter@fedoraproject.org> writes:
> > > > I wish to point the "Learn more" link of DRM Content in
> > > > about:preferences#general to the webpage
> > > > https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary-drm.html.en
> > >
> > > Does IceCat in Fedora show that setting?  I don't see anything about
> > > "DRM Content" in <about:preferences#general> in IceCat as built by GNU
> > > Guix.
> > >
> > > Do you have "ac_add_options --disable-eme" in your mozconfig?  If not,
> > > please consider adding it.  Alternatively, if you're using the
> > > 'configure' script, passing "--disable-eme" also works.
> >
> > "--disable-eme" dows not work in some architectures (s390x, arm),
> > so i removed it.
>
> Ah, interesting.  Thanks for letting us know.
>
> > I have to choose if removing "--disable-eme" completely and modify the
> > link, or using -eme option when possible.
>
> Another approach might be to add
>
>    pref("media.eme.ui.enabled", false);
>
> to data/settings.js in the gnuzilla repository.  It seems to me
> preferable for the DRM Content setting to be completely hidden, if
> possible.  What do you think?

Yes, this may be a conclusive choice.

> > > > What change is needed in IceCat?
> > >
> > > See "drmInfoURL" in browser/components/preferences/main.js for the
> > > relevant code.  As it is now, it looks like it goes to:
> > >
> > > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:IceCat/drm-content
> > >
> > >         Mark
> >
> > Is it possible using an entire http link instead of
> > `("app.support.baseURL") +
> >    "drm-content"`?
> >
> >       let drmInfoURL =
> >
> >         Services.urlFormatter.formatURLPref("app.support.baseURL") +
> >
> >         "drm-content";
>
> I would guess so, although I'd prefer not to embed hardcoded URLs into
> the code.

I don't like "Learn more" hyperlinks dead, they're like something 
incomplete. I'd prefer aiming them to Mozilla's support.

> Anyway, thanks very much for your work on this, Antonio, and for
> maintaining the IceCat package in Fedora.
>
>       Regards,
>         Mark

Thank to you Mark.


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