Re: Iceape

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, mess-mate wrote:

> Bret Busby wrote:
>
> > In the last week, Debian etch (4.0) advised me that updates were
> > available, the updates on a particular occasion, being Iceape.
> >
> > So, being a good linux user, I did the upgrade, to keep my system up
> > to date, and as stable and secure as it can (reasonably) be.
> >
> > Now when using Iceape, each time any window is closed, such as sending
> > an email message, or, closing a browser window, when more than one
> > Iceape Window is open, it crashes Iceape, and everything open with
> > Iceape, shuts down.
> >
> > Is it possible to reverse an "update", to get a more stable version of
> > software?
> >
> > The Help -> About Iceape shows the version/build to be
> > "Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US;
> > rv:1.8.0.13pre) Gecko/20070505 Iceape/1.0.9
> > (Debian-1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1)"
> >
> > Synaptic, in the History, shows:
> > "Commit Log for Mon Feb 25 12:07:58 2008
> >
> >
> > Upgraded the following packages:
> > iceape (1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1) to 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1
> > iceape-browser (1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1) to 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1
> > iceape-calendar (1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1) to 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1
> > iceape-mailnews (1.0.11~pre071022-0etch1) to 1.0.12~pre080131b-0etch1
> > "
> >
> > And Iceape is now unstable (should it belong in the version of Debian,
> > named Sid ?).
> >
> > --
> > Bret Busby
> > Armadale
> > West Australia
> > ..............
> >
> > "So once you do know what the question actually is,
> >  you'll know what the answer means."
> > - Deep Thought,
> >   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
> >   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
> >   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
> >   written by Douglas Adams,
> >   published by Pan Books, 1992
> >
> > ....................................................
> Are you sure ?
> The latest (etch) is version 1.5.0.14pre (20080208)
> So is mine (etch)

Synaptic shows what I have installed as I have listed above, to be the 
latest available versions.

I am trying Mozilla, to see how that works (I haven't used it, I think, 
since installing Debian 4.0).

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
  Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
  written by Douglas Adams,
  published by Pan Books, 1992

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