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(It will be available there +</I>><i> at least a week sooner.) +</I>><i> Upstream Firefox by default warns when the latest update is available. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> André +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>I think André is entirely correct and the ESR should meet the requirements +for a long-term Mageia. The ESR will get all of the security updates, but +not the new features so any argument about needing the latest to stay +secure is invalid. ( +<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/show/5378/mozilla-announces-firefox-extended-support-release">http://www.anandtech.com/show/5378/mozilla-announces-firefox-extended-support-release</A> +) + +Also, the next upstream will be moving to quiet updates, unless Firefox +hasn't been restarted in the last 12 hours. So, users that want the latest +can use the upstream and be automatically updated. +(<A HREF="http://letsbytecode.com/general/10-firefox-will-be-updated-on-the-quiet/">http://letsbytecode.com/general/10-firefox-will-be-updated-on-the-quiet/</A>) + +My only concern is the difference in release times. Mageia's is 9months +and Mozilla is 1year. Nine months from Mageia's 1st long-term release, +Mozilla will still be on the same FF, and will update FF in the middle of +the second Mageia long-term release. This would create more work and a +long-term Mageia, which will have a major component update during the +long-term support period. + +--Jeff +-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20120113/6db14fb3/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011339.html">[Mageia-dev] FireFox ESR <= we should totally go for this wrt stable releases +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011348.html">[Mageia-dev] FireFox ESR <= we should totally go for this wrt stable releases +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11347">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11347">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11347">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11347">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |