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Gemfile

@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ else
   puts "Booting in Rails 3 mode"
 end
 
-gem 'seed-fu' , github: 'SamSaffron/seed-fu'
+# see: https://github.com/mbleigh/seed-fu/pull/54
+# taking forever to get changes upstream in seed-fu
+gem 'seed-fu-discourse', require: 'seed-fu'
 
 if rails4?
   gem 'rails'
@@ -84,7 +86,11 @@ gem 'fastimage'
 gem 'fog', '1.18.0', require: false
 gem 'unf', require: false
 
-gem 'email_reply_parser', git: 'https://github.com/lawrencepit/email_reply_parser.git'
+# see: https://twitter.com/samsaffron/status/412360162297393152
+# Massive amount of changes made in branch we use, no PR upstreamed
+# We need to get this sorted
+# https://github.com/samsaffron/email_reply_parser
+gem 'email_reply_parser-discourse', require: 'email_reply_parser'
 
 # note: for image_optim to correctly work you need
 # sudo apt-get install -y advancecomp gifsicle jpegoptim libjpeg-progs optipng pngcrush
@@ -102,7 +108,10 @@ gem 'omniauth-facebook'
 gem 'omniauth-twitter'
 gem 'omniauth-github'
 gem 'omniauth-oauth2', require: false
-gem 'omniauth-browserid', git: 'https://github.com/callahad/omniauth-browserid.git', branch: 'observer_api'
+# abandoned gem hard to tell what is going on, multiple PRs upstream being ignored:
+# https://twitter.com/samsaffron/status/412372111710109696
+# we use: gem 'omniauth-browserid', git: 'https://github.com/samsaffron/omniauth-browserid.git', branch: 'observer_api'
+gem 'omniauth-browserid-discourse', require: 'omniauth-browserid'
 gem 'omniauth-cas'
 gem 'oj'
 # while resolving https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-pg/5_ylGmog1S4
@@ -120,7 +129,7 @@ gem 'sinatra', require: nil
 gem 'slim'  # required for sidekiq-web
 
 # URGENT fix needed see: https://github.com/cowboyd/therubyracer/pull/280
-gem 'therubyracer', require: 'v8', git: 'https://github.com/SamSaffron/therubyracer.git'
+gem 'therubyracer-discourse', require: 'v8'
 gem 'thin', require: false
 gem 'highline', require: false
 gem 'rack-protection' # security