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(It will be available +</I>><i> > > there 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 think André is entirely correct and the ESR should meet the +</I>><i> requirements +</I>><i> > for a long-term Mageia. The ESR will get all of the security updates, +</I>><i> but +</I>><i> > not the new features so any argument about needing the latest to stay +</I>><i> > secure is invalid. ( +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/show/5378/mozilla-announces-firefox-extended-suppo">http://www.anandtech.com/show/5378/mozilla-announces-firefox-extended-suppo</A> +</I>><i> > rt-release ) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Also, the next upstream will be moving to quiet updates, unless Firefox +</I>><i> > hasn't been restarted in the last 12 hours. So, users that want the +</I>><i> latest +</I>><i> > can use the upstream and be automatically updated. +</I>><i> > ( +</I>><i> <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>) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > My only concern is the difference in release times. Mageia's is 9months +</I>><i> > and Mozilla is 1year. Nine months from Mageia's 1st long-term release, +</I>><i> > Mozilla will still be on the same FF, and will update FF in the middle of +</I>><i> > the second Mageia long-term release. This would create more work and a +</I>><i> > long-term Mageia, which will have a major component update during the +</I>><i> > long-term support period. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > --Jeff +</I>><i> +</I>><i> look at the picture for the support period, the 1y warranteed versions +</I>><i> cross +</I>><i> over for 2 or 3 months +</I>><i> +</I>><i> so it's going to fit for as long as we have 9m release schedule +</I>><i> +</I> + +The 2-3 month overlap doesn't solve our problem. Assuming that we both +start on the same month of the same year, which we aren't, and call it +January 2012: + +Jan 2012 (good): +We do long-term 1 and Mozilla does ESR1. + +Sept 2012(good): +We do long-term 2 and Mozilla has just released FF ESR2. + +June 2013(bad): +We do long-term 3, but Mozilla won't release FF ESR3 until Sept 2013. FF +ESR2 is defunct as of Jan 2013. We only get 3 months of support on ESR2 for +long-term 3. + +March 2014(good): +We do long-term 4 and Mozilla released FF ESR3 in Sept. We get support +until Dec 2015, which is when we release long-term 5. + +--Jeff +-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20120113/3c59db45/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011350.html">[Mageia-dev] FireFox ESR <= we should totally go for this wrt stable releases +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011352.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#11351">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11351">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11351">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11351">[ 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> |