Without supplying a Gentoo-specific GoogleMaps API-Key during buildtime (--with-google-api-keyfile=file), the geolocation feature of Firefox won't work. How to reproduce: 1. Use www-client/firefox (not -bin which uses a builtin key provided by Mozilla) 2. Go to https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation 3. Click on "Share Location" in the appearing popup 4. See the message "Error: The Geolocation service failed." I'm not sure, since which version this applies. Running 28.0 here and I believe this stopped working since 25.0. Alternatively, the new (but still experimental) Mozilla Location Service could be used instead. The coverage isn't perfect yet, but still way better than nothing. Current coverage: https://location.services.mozilla.com/map API: https://mozilla-ichnaea.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api/geolocate.html This would be very easy to integrate and wouldn't require a registration (yet) for an API-Key as a randomly generated UUID would be enough for now to be used in: geo.wifi.uri;https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=<UUID>
Thanks for reporting, i have committed 29.0.1-r1 to the mozilla overlay which now uses the gentoo google api key.
Has landed in tree with new esr and testing branch thanks for reporting.
