Bug#818922: Please add explanation for converting firefox to firefox-esr in testing distribution
js jb
em2jacks at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 11 17:46:40 UTC 2018
Thanks!
That actually would be a good link to include in the description of the firefox-esr package.
--jack
From: Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk>
To: 818922 at bugs.debian.org; js jb <em2jacks at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Bug#818922: Please add explanation for converting firefox to firefox-esr in testing distribution
Quoting js jb (2018-02-11 15:49:12)
> In addition to adding the explanation of ESR, could you add an
> explanation of the process involved in making a mozilla releaseof
> firefox into a firefox-esr package?
> Currently the latest firefox-esr in the testing distribution is
> 52.6.0esr-2 while the latest stable firefox is 58.0.1 and is available
> in sid only,not in testing.
>
> There is a very big time lag between the two versions which has a
> noticeable user impact: Amazon videos will no longer play on
> 52.6.0,displaying an error message to upgrade the browser, but they
> play fine in 58.0.1.
> Perhaps both firefox and firefox-esr packages could find their way
> into testing to avoid this problem?
Firefox ESR following a different release rhythm is essentially what
differentiates it from Firefox. Perhaps this "bug" is solved by simply
pointing here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/
- Jonas
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