Re: Iceweasel updates
On Mon 02 Nov 2015 at 11:42:50 -0500, Jack Dangler wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 07:23 -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> > On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:00:59 -0600
> > John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Jack Dangler wrote:
> > >> The next version of iceweasel i found in deb packages is 41 (quite a
> > >> jump), but says it is likely buggy (i'm guessing its in experimental).
> > >
> > >Unstable has 38.3. Works fine.
> >
> > The stable release of Firefox is Version 41.0.2, released Oct 15.
> > Doesn't that make 38 old?
> >
> >
> I added unstable main to my apt sources as -
> 'deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main'
>
> apt-get update ran fine.
>
> On asking to install the unastable iceweasel as -
> apt-get -t unstable install iceweasel
>
> I get quite a large list of packages but did not notice iceweasel among
> them.
Iceweasel is effectively the same in stable and unstable.
> Is there something I missed or should I allow the long list of packages
> to install? (the list isn't here as it is fairly large but I can supply
> it. Again, thanks for the input.
Allow? You've allowed your bank to dictate how you use your computer, so
why not? But no, don't allow. Abandon this installation and seek another
route to get to your money.
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