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| From | Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Firefox ESR 52 in stretch |
| Date | 2017-05-04 00:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tDatr-2Ch-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tCYLE-3gi-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <tD1zQ-5l7-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2017-05-03, Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> wrote: >> I was checking up on different versions of Firefox and noticed that >> there was a new ESR (52) released March 7, 2017. I see that stretch is >> still using ESR 45. >> >> It would be really nice to have this newer version before stretch is >> finalized, but since stretch is now in freeze, I suppose that requires >> some special handling. >> >> I'm curious to know if there has been any discussions about this. > > Debian tracks Firefox ESR releases. So stretch will get version 52 > sometime before the end of life of version 45, regardless of its > (stretch's) release date. This is a rare exception to the "stable" > aspect of Debian releases. Thank you. I was under the impression that firefox-esr in debian only tracked one specific ESR, though still receiving the upstream updates.
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Firefox ESR 52 in stretch Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2017-05-03 11:30 +0200
Re: Firefox ESR 52 in stretch Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2017-05-03 14:30 +0200
Re: Firefox ESR 52 in stretch Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2017-05-04 00:00 +0200
Re: Firefox ESR 52 in stretch Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-03 15:00 +0200
Re: Firefox ESR 52 in stretch pjw <debian-user@pjw.xsmail.com> - 2017-05-28 22:50 +0200
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