Bug#818922: Please explain firefox v. firefox-esr in package long description

Anthony DeRobertis anthony at derobert.net
Mon Mar 21 18:53:01 UTC 2016


Package: firefox-esr
Version: 45.0esr-2
Severity: wishlist

It'd be nice if the package long description explained the difference
between firefox and firefox-esr. I don't think the average user should
be assumed to know what ESR is.

I believe the plan is to only have ESR in stable.

Maybe something along the lines of:

	This is the Extended Support Release (ESR). It receives security and
	major bug fixes, but not new features. The most recent non-ESR
	release is available in the firefox package; see README.Debian for
	instructions.

and

	This is the most recent release of Firefox. The Extended Support
	Release, which receives only security and major bug fixes but not
	new features, is availabe in the firefox-esr package.

obviously, README.Debian would need to gain a paragraph explaining that
stable users can get the firefox package by visiting
http://mozilla.debian.net/ and following the instructions there.
(Alternatively, I guess that could go in the description).



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