Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 07:13:30PM -0500, John Thompson wrote: > > Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > > > The Firefox issue is interesting... since we depend on external plugins > > that are not open source and not 64 bit... > > Isn't that what "nspluginwrapper" is for? > Yes... when I tried 64bit brand new Fedora8 on this box I could not get all the bits I needed running.. Perhaps today as it has aged it might be fine after a full yum update. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Got a great hat... now what. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nifty Fedora Mitch wrote: > The Firefox issue is interesting... since we depend on external plugins > that are not open source and not 64 bit... Isn't that what "nspluginwrapper" is for? - -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIybQqjXa7jixmuZsRAiTKAKDRazWUJ9fxtbSAQuOMlbdMg78mYQCgoJF0 djxl5SJaR4PAWJCGmehBY3I= =ElPq -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Martin wrote: > John Thompson wrote: > >> AFAIK, Mozilla doesn't offer 64-bit builds of FF-3.x > The 32bit builds won't run on 64bit machines? I'm not sure what you > gain by running a 64bit build of FireFox (not that there's not something > there, I just don't understand what it might be). I guess I enjoy the challenge... :-) - -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIybIGjXa7jixmuZsRAp7IAKC8ZjBA7iEvUumchS5dd9xDRMgVzwCgvumy 85z05rd6yfYI7Oon+mAsOnM= =DDHL -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Burger wrote: > FWIW, it's just as easy to get the SRPM for F9, and rpmbuild it on F8, > which is what I've been doing. That's what I do here. In fact, until last year I was running Fedora Core 1 and keeping it up to date in that way. When the hardware died, I decided to move to Fedora8, which had just been released, on the new machine. - -- John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIybLdjXa7jixmuZsRAlFOAJ0RGW2GFkjEqRKX0YNjwG4EFcB9LwCfaeeN Rc+eon3xa/97unQNBZGnBoE= =QsBy -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 04:07:16PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > > > Which begs the question as to why the 64-bit one is what gets installed > > by default on 64-bit Fedora systems. > > Actually, it raises the question. And the answer is probably because it's > easily possible to set up a 64-bit only Fedora system without any 32-bit > libraries or software. Possible yes, easily I am not so sure. It is true that it is closer today than it was a couple years ago but how does the phrase go.. "Close but no cigar". The closest to a pure 64 bit system I know is a Gentoo 64bit install. Yet even there I did need some 32 bit packages... at least that was true 18 months ago when I needed less adventure in my life and more free time in my free time. The Firefox issue is interesting... since we depend on external plugins that are not open source and not 64 bit... it seems to me that building and installing the 32bit version of Firefox makes sense. Once cruft like wireless sorts itself out in 64 bit land then the demand mix will change. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Got a great hat... now whatr. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:31:40 -0430 "Patrick O'Callaghan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which begs the question as to why the 64-bit one is what gets installed > by default on 64-bit Fedora systems. Actually, it raises the question. And the answer is probably because it's easily possible to set up a 64-bit only Fedora system without any 32-bit libraries or software. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 15:56 -0500, Kevin Martin wrote: > > John Thompson wrote: > > Kevin Martin wrote: > > > > | John Thompson wrote: > > | > > |> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm > > |> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.src.rpm > > > > | Why use the rpm's at all? Why not just get it from Mozilla? If you > > | want the latest you need to do that anyway. > > > > AFAIK, Mozilla doesn't offer 64-bit builds of FF-3.x > > > The 32bit builds won't run on 64bit machines? I'm not sure what you > gain by running a 64bit build of FireFox (not that there's not something > there, I just don't understand what it might be). Which begs the question as to why the 64-bit one is what gets installed by default on 64-bit Fedora systems. Note that this disables some add-ons such as Weave. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
> John Thompson wrote: >> Konstantin Svist wrote: >> >> > Is that being planned at all? Or is F8 only supported in terms of >> > security patches & such? >> >> I was able to compile FF-3.0.1 for 64-bit Fedora8 using the Fedora9 >> src.rpm and a little tweaking. If you want to try them: >> >> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm >> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.src.rpm >> >> > Why use the rpm's at all? Why not just get it from Mozilla? If you > want the latest you need to do that anyway. FWIW, it's just as easy to get the SRPM for F9, and rpmbuild it on F8, which is what I've been doing. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
John Thompson wrote: Kevin Martin wrote: | John Thompson wrote: | |> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm |> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.src.rpm | Why use the rpm's at all? Why not just get it from Mozilla? If you | want the latest you need to do that anyway. AFAIK, Mozilla doesn't offer 64-bit builds of FF-3.x The 32bit builds won't run on 64bit machines? I'm not sure what you gain by running a 64bit build of FireFox (not that there's not something there, I just don't understand what it might be). Kevin -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Martin wrote: | John Thompson wrote: | |> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm |> http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.src.rpm | Why use the rpm's at all? Why not just get it from Mozilla? If you | want the latest you need to do that anyway. AFAIK, Mozilla doesn't offer 64-bit builds of FF-3.x - -- - -John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIyXv+jXa7jixmuZsRAnD0AJ0dumFrS28zLGgjD3BKOr03RRRvwgCgwLUI IiKfADvziJVLPORLuITXXhI= =hAct -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
John Thompson wrote: Konstantin Svist wrote: > Is that being planned at all? Or is F8 only supported in terms of > security patches & such? I was able to compile FF-3.0.1 for 64-bit Fedora8 using the Fedora9 src.rpm and a little tweaking. If you want to try them: http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.src.rpm Why use the rpm's at all? Why not just get it from Mozilla? If you want the latest you need to do that anyway. Kevin -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Konstantin Svist wrote: > Is that being planned at all? Or is F8 only supported in terms of > security patches & such? I was able to compile FF-3.0.1 for 64-bit Fedora8 using the Fedora9 src.rpm and a little tweaking. If you want to try them: http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.x86_64.rpm http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/RPMS/firefox-3.0.1-1.fc8.src.rpm - -- - -John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIyTwujXa7jixmuZsRAijlAJ9DnRNo0xPcuwYgrjWq+y1ei7iC4QCg3EXr VQrzd3rEFNhGk0l7aCoNbNs= =irXV -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
Konstantin Svist wrote: Is that being planned at all? No. Although the remi repository has it. Or is F8 only supported in terms of security patches & such? Fedora 8 still gets some feature updates but Firefox 3 is considered too invasive a change to be made in an update. Rahul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Firefox 3 in Fedora 8?
Is that being planned at all? Or is F8 only supported in terms of security patches & such? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
