[Mageia-dev] FireFox ESR <= we should totally go for this wrt stable releases

Thu Feb 9 21:56:14 CET 2012

Op donderdag 09 februari 2012 13:04:00 schreef Sander Lepik:
+> 09.02.2012 13:35, AL13N kirjutas:
+> > ihmo, the users who want the latest versions will not even wait one week,
+> > and will grab them from upstream. If we really wanted the latest release,
+> > someone could backport them.
+> 
+> And backports work since what time?
+
+that is irrelevant, and we should not assume it will not be ready.
+
+> > the end users will benefit too, because the modules/plugins will still
+> > work and not being unstable at every update. as a long time stable user,
+> > i prefer the ESR... we've been complaining about too short
+> > releasecycles... this is the answer, we should use it.
+> 
+> Most users don't know what to do with tarball. They only know that their
+> browser doesn't have latest promoted changes. And that means
+> distribution is doing something wrong for them.
+> 
+> We were complaining because extensions didn't work. I don't know how
+> many plugins there were with problems. Can't remember any myself.
+> Nonbinary extensions are now compatible by default, so one problem less.
+> 
+> ESR means QA testing anyway. It's only bugfixes but that doesn't mean
+> you can update w/o testing.
+
+iinm our update policy dictates that our updates should only have updates in 
+it, and no new features... (unless there is no such supported version)
+
+well, now there is... Either the new versions with extra features go into 
+backports, or not at all. if this becomes a problem, then it's one more reason 
+to fix the backports.
+
+we have a clear policy, we should follow it.
+