Re: On Mozilla-* updates

[Jan Luehr <jluehr@gmx.net>]

Greetings,

Am Dienstag, 2. August 2005 12:39 schrieb Jeff:
> > Joey,
> >
> > Working from the following assumptions:
> > * it possible to include Mozilla in Debian stable,
> > * extracting security patches from upstream is not practical,
> >
> > and ignoring the interesting, but extraneous threads,
> >
> > What exactly breaks if the update to v1.06 is applied, as upstream
> > recommends?
> >
> > I realise you are seeking a general solution. I believe that we need
> > case specific information. This will enable us to evaluate any proposed
> > general solutions, with the illumination of real facts.
>
> Actually, I see that I am echoing the unanswered question from Ben in
> his email of 1-Aug:
>
> What hard reasons are there that prevent you from shipping Firefox 1.0.6
> and Mozilla 1.7.11 right now?

We're looking for a general resolution of this problem. If we go on that way - 
this won't solve the problem in the long term.
Looking back to mozilla, this fears are not FUD - they have already taken 
place.

Keep smiling
yanosz