On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Donald Stewart <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 15 June 2011 13:35, Ahmad Samir <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 14 June 2011 14:32, Frank Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 06/14/2011 08:22 AM, Thierry Vignaud wrote: > >>> > >>> Upgrading stable firefox to firefox5rc and importing > firefox-{beta,aurora} > >>> are two distinct orthogonal things IMHO. > >>> > >>> since firefox5 is near being released, I think we should update > >>> main xulrunner+firefox to 5 anyway > >>> > >> Whatever we do, please don't put it in Core to replace FF4 until the > add-ons > >> have been updated. It was really annoying to lose the Tor add-on for > months > >> because the beta FF4 just showed up and replaced FF3, and the Tor add-on > >> wasn't updated until the release or just before. > >> > > > > As I said, we have to have the Beta versions, so as to work out the > > niggles to be ready to push the stable version to stable releases > > (Mageia 1). > > > > You can always workaround the compatibility, either: > > - Adding it manually > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Extensions.checkCompatibility OR > > - Using this extension > > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/ > > > > in my experience, 90% of the time the addon will work with a new > > version of FF (but then again I use a limited number of addons). > > > > -- > > Ahmad Samir > > > > I'm with Ahmad, going for beta for testing seems right. The beta > release stage should be long enough for issues to be sorted so aurora > isn't needed. > Ok Mozilla has the RC1 released. Final shall come on Tuesday 21st June so yeah we will include that in Mageia 2 I think (as least this one, maybe FF6 or 7 depending on which version will be available i think) -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Greetings Daniel Kreuter
