Path: csiph.com!2.us.feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Anders Andersson Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: Firefox ESR 52 in stretch Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 00:00:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Wed May 3 21:52:06 2017 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.799 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -7 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=W57IX3kkXliN+0wii1lk/ECl74+3CC3l+rOSStjdZ7k=; b=ZpCQ1SOw1LbYU0ogH2ZN7ya1uwNH+1Mu6R0VnZ8WDeARJFd5iRg5VUvHKwJKS7skWv ZTEcd7FGYAUKYlx2E//tgoKrisOu7K2+i9H9va+w+YqvGRGk0feHNJhdCGE3zkkptaUd r6+odOpKBtnGpRb8Wza73PXVyMhPqJ+KACGaXVoQlcknYmfMlPDRWb5S9s9IMkpOpL0y fnPDWBB8DQeFNWymHwjLVomtJzp8EuP7zyuJnLcGI0Fk81rGF412cJL8PoVnC5LiYPdC +92iSDYnV4F8MEqRq7K6vJCMzMsHWPyVniZq75WWC4m2pfBqUGQiMj/5dYpWENoHDl6y +fpQ== X-Google-Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=W57IX3kkXliN+0wii1lk/ECl74+3CC3l+rOSStjdZ7k=; b=t8vy2cbPBWHmmqa94QQ5wsXa1FZaTcnm/ZMjsXDFUmT52kd7546JihayRVfv9EVgiC Drket6y8jrMD5za8LHspoaI0zVCAZGCBt/NaWkQ/eb5inmSkaWB3d1SnsSOSPsxZwb1u sXqaMqQLClKOldLbtpcbk3v8COY1l1eyu5YxVsXY02mfNdJ+imAsgKYix87KbEywnukl LG6trVQ8c0j7FTfKwjGAlRiPdmWo3mHqpACI1Vd8VklWFVq7hxC8VaPWnkZ+O7LZuCM3 4OVZ6ofgTt7CV1UQoS5h3dKfBQ5s0k2LH6kJz9dtwLnB8xdP4RXGbY4Ff7HlLVeFBOmd sExg== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcBwq0BsEZj2bsLUp5Fa7w+3OFOyBcJUtiBIbTN2jkjOC5UrXG2N fbq9sbYSc/4H6dvLG04aLACuVixzSQ== X-Received: by 10.55.21.148 with SMTP id 20mr4770681qkv.212.1493848309796; Wed, 03 May 2017 14:51:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/720284 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAKkunMa-LAGM0NHNXnSTkToyjJYxeXD3Brqn+oDU=t_WTnqmXA@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 19 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 23:51:09 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:180666 On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2017-05-03, Anders Andersson 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.