[Bug 216435] [new port] www/iridium: Would Be Great to Have on FreeBSD - https://iridiumbrowser.de/

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--- Comment #4 from Chris Hutchinson <portmaster at bsdforge.com> ---
well I forked a copy from github.
Examined it more closely, then packed up the necessary
bits, and dumped them into ports/www (as iridium).
Then simply issued a make. Followed by a make install.
It builds just fine -- albeit a bit slowly, as blowzilla
does. Another point to make; the src download (iridium)
is around half a gigabyte (compressed). So you won't be
building this on anything light on resources.

I can confirm it's ready to hit the ports tree. I
have a typescript ( script(1) ) of the entire build/
install process, to prove it! :-)

I'd create a pr(1) for the port' addition. But I didn't
create the port, cpm@ did. So I guess the best route is
to wait till Carlos submits it -- or prod Carlos to do it. ;-)

My evaluation;
It works every bit the same as the chromium port does.
But it has more settings/options related to secutity.
I found it a bit "klunky", not unlike I found the
chromium port. It (like chromium) isn't very good
with modern web standards -- fancy css3, and such.
OTOH iridium is built from an older version of
chromium (54.0). From around mid 2016, I think.
So I might retrieve a copy of head, and see how
that builds/works.

Well. There you have it. :-)

--Chris

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