gnu: Deprecate ungoogled-chromium.

This package has known security flaws that are being exploited in the wild.
See <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-10/msg00576.html> for
why it has not been updated.

* gnu/packages/chromium.scm (ungoogled-chromium)[properties]: Set #:hidden? #t.
(ungoogled-chromium-is-deprecated, ungoogled-chromium-wayland-is-deprecated):
New public variables.
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Marius Bakke 2019-11-03 19:40:33 +01:00
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@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages gl)
#:use-module (gnu packages glib)
#:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
#:use-module (gnu packages gnuzilla)
#:use-module (gnu packages gperf)
#:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
#:use-module (gnu packages icu4c)
@ -806,7 +807,10 @@ from forcing GEXP-PROMISE."
;; Building Chromium takes ... a very long time. On a single core, a busy
;; mid-end x86 system may need more than 24 hours to complete the build.
(properties '((timeout . 144000))) ;40 hours
(properties '((timeout . 144000) ;40 hours
;; Hide the package pending complete removal (see below).
(hidden? . #t)))
(home-page "https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium")
(description
@ -852,3 +856,13 @@ disabled in order to protect the users privacy.")
(assoc-ref %build-inputs "wayland")
"/bin/wayland-scanner\""))
(delete "use_vaapi=true" ,flags)))))))
;; Ungoogled-Chromium has been deprecated because Debians patches are no
;; longer updated. If you would like to work on porting the required patches,
;; please reach out to guix-devel@gnu.org.
(define-public ungoogled-chromium-is-deprecated
(deprecated-package "ungoogled-chromium" icecat))
(define-public ungoogled-chromium-wayland-is-deprecated
(deprecated-package "ungoogled-chromium-wayland" icecat))