Adopt openSUSE patch that adds high-res icons for Firefox, so the Large Icons task switcher in KDE Plasma doesn't have an ugly Firefox icon

[Nate Graham]

Right now, Firefox in Ubuntu is packaged with a set of low-res icons. Because of this, if you use KDE Plasma with the Large Icons alt-tab task switcher, the Firefox icons look ugly: https://i.imgur.com/LdL7wlM.png

openSUSE packagers patch in larger icons, and so in openSUSE, they look sharp and crisp: https://i.imgur.com/Le8ZhWg.png

I have opened a ticket with Mozilla, but it has been ignored: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1371932

So until they fix it upstream, we may want to consider adopting the openSUSE patch in Ubuntu: https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Factory/MozillaFirefox/firefox-branded-icons.patch?expand=1

(I have also asked the openSUSE folks to upstream their patch, though I don't have high hopes that Mozilla will take it: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1057115)

This way, KDE Plasma users will get nice Firefox icons in their Large Icons alt-tab task switchers.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Nate Graham (pointedstick)]

No need; Firefox 60 has a fixed icon.