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Re: iceweasel based on firefox 6.0 for squeeze



On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:56:32 +0100, Brian wrote:

> On Sun 25 Sep 2011 at 15:44:26 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I already read that announcement message and that's why I find it
>> very appropriate, specially for points 1) and 4).
> 
> The squeeze version of Iceweasel doesn't lose its usefulness because
> there is a later version out. 

Yes, they do. 

Many sites out there require fancy things like html5. And you cannot 
fight against Google nor big sites about it: if you have an older 
browser, forget about using many of their options.

> The later version may have a few more *additional* useful enhancements
> but that is not what point 4 is about, And what is in Iceweasel 7.0
> which makes it urgent for *all* users to have it available in squeeze
>-updates?

Mozilla quick release policy is very aggresive and -we like it not- it 
affects their users. AFAIK, version 7 is not their stable branch... yet.

> Backports and mozilla.debian.net are the places for updated Mozilla
> packages. They are splendid resources.

Not for many users, mostly newcomers. The less repositories to deal with, 
the better for system stability and peace of mind.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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