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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