In the file "firefox-bin-16.0.1.ebuild", the file download location is set to a ftp server: e.g. ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/16.0.1/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-16.0.1.tar.bz2 This is very slow if the user is out side of USA. Please change the download the location to the Moizlla CDN: e.g. http://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/16.0.1/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-16.0.1.tar.bz2 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge firefox-bin 2. observer the download speed 3.
ftp is used for a reason, we need to have access to the file even when mozilla has discontinued the support of it.