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| Started by | Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2017-05-03 11:30 +0200 |
| Last post | 2017-05-28 22:50 +0200 |
| Articles | 5 — 4 participants |
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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
| From | Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-05-03 11:30 +0200 |
| Subject | Firefox ESR 52 in stretch |
| Message-ID | <tCYLE-3gi-29@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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.
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| From | Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-05-03 14:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tD1zQ-5l7-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #180629 |
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. -- Liam
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| From | Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-05-04 00:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tDatr-2Ch-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #180638 |
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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| From | Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> |
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| Date | 2017-05-03 15:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tD22S-5vI-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #180629 |
Anders Andersson composed on 2017-05-03 11:20 (UTC+0200): ... > It would be really nice to have this newer version before stretch is > finalized... Be careful what you wish for: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.0/releasenotes/ ... Removed support for Netscape Plugin API (NPAPI) plugins other than Flash. Silverlight, Java, Acrobat and the like are no longer supported... On Linux, Firefox now requires PulseAudio to play sound and no longer plays sound directly with ALSA... https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.0esr/releasenotes/ ... Non-flash plugins re-enabled (disabled in the regular 52.0 release)... https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/46.0/releasenotes/ ... GTK3 integration (GNU/Linux only)... (problematic for many QT and other non-gnome users, e.g. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1269274 but building with gtk2 remains an option) cf. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278282 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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| From | pjw <debian-user@pjw.xsmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-05-28 22:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tMdiq-6RO-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #180641 |
On Wed, May 3, 2017, at 06:57 AM, Felix Miata wrote: > Be careful what you wish for: > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.0/releasenotes/ > ... > On Linux, Firefox now requires PulseAudio to play sound and no longer plays > sound directly with ALSA... ALSA sound does work in Firefox ESR 52 https://packages.debian.org/experimental/firefox-esr
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