[OpenIndiana-discuss] Newer versions of Firefox - WAS::::Re: Firefox 31
I was reviewing some technical news site and saw that there was a new version of Firefox out, 39.x something, to address some big security hole. I have been stuck on Firefox 25 for some time now, having been bitten by the "Firefox won't save downloaded files" issue, and had somewhat stopped trying new versions to address the issue around Firefox 29.x. Anyway, we always used to have pretty consistent new builds in the contrib area on the mozilla site, I believe that they were typically compiled by someone within Oracle, in Asia, but that really isn't important. Anyway, I went out to mozilla.org to see what was currently available, and the newest thing I can find is Firefox 31.8.0 esr Is that really the newest version of Firefox available to us? Or have downloads been moved to somewhere else? Comments appreciated. Jerry On 05/ 5/15 07:55 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote: Running Hipster, I was using firefox 31.0.2 (package from the Firefox FTP site) happily until today (first day I've booted since I recently upgraded) previous update 2015-03-27, recent update 2015-04-30 Firefox works fine, except with any "alert" or popup box or sometimes select lists, and dialog boxes. If I move the mouse over the object in question; the application suddenly core dumps ... It doesn't core dump with the Firefox 24 that comes with OI, but then I can't get flash to work properly in 24, and a lot of services complain that I'm using an old version. It used to work fine, and I have a log of what changed during the upgrade (attached). Anything that could be suggested to mitigate this would be much appreciated Jon PS. this also affects Thunderbird installed from the Mozilla website. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Newer versions of Firefox - WAS::::Re: Firefox 31
FWIW I'm running 31.6 ESR on 151a8. It has a terrible memory leak which forces me to restart it frequently. Sometimes I'm even forced to power cycle the system. I sometimes randomly see the "can't save files" problem. However, if you open the file w/ FF you can use a terminal window to copy the file from /tmp. Reg On Tue, 8/11/15, Jerry Kemp wrote: Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Newer versions of Firefox - WASRe: Firefox 31 To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 11:37 PM I was reviewing some technical news site and saw that there was a new version of Firefox out, 39.x something, to address some big security hole. I have been stuck on Firefox 25 for some time now, having been bitten by the "Firefox won't save downloaded files" issue, and had somewhat stopped trying new versions to address the issue around Firefox 29.x. Anyway, we always used to have pretty consistent new builds in the contrib area on the mozilla site, I believe that they were typically compiled by someone within Oracle, in Asia, but that really isn't important. Anyway, I went out to mozilla.org to see what was currently available, and the newest thing I can find is Firefox 31.8.0 esr Is that really the newest version of Firefox available to us? Or have downloads been moved to somewhere else? Comments appreciated. Jerry On 05/ 5/15 07:55 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote: > Running Hipster, I was using firefox 31.0.2 (package from the Firefox FTP > site) happily until today (first day I've booted since I recently upgraded) > > previous update 2015-03-27, recent update 2015-04-30 > > Firefox works fine, except with any "alert" or popup box or sometimes > select lists, and dialog boxes. If I move the mouse over the object in > question; the application suddenly core dumps ... > > It doesn't core dump with the Firefox 24 that comes with OI, but then I > can't get flash to work properly in 24, and a lot of services complain that > I'm using an old version. > > It used to work fine, and I have a log of what changed during the upgrade > (attached). Anything that could be suggested to mitigate this would be > much appreciated > > Jon > > PS. this also affects Thunderbird installed from the Mozilla website. > ___ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Newer versions of Firefox - WAS::::Re: Firefox 31
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:37 AM, Jerry Kemp wrote: > I was reviewing some technical news site and saw that there was a new > version of Firefox out, 39.x something, to address some big security hole. > > I have been stuck on Firefox 25 for some time now, having been bitten by > the "Firefox won't save downloaded files" issue, and had somewhat stopped > trying new versions to address the issue around Firefox 29.x. > > Anyway, we always used to have pretty consistent new builds in the contrib > area on the mozilla site, I believe that they were typically compiled by > someone within Oracle, in Asia, but that really isn't important. > > Anyway, I went out to mozilla.org to see what was currently available, > and the newest thing I can find is > > Firefox 31.8.0 esr > > Is that really the newest version of Firefox available to us? > Afraid so. > Or have downloads been moved to somewhere else? > It really is the case that if people want software to run on the platform of their choosing, they're going to have to roll up their sleeves and work on porting it. There are, of course, a few of us working away at getting key applications built, but something like FF is decidedly non-trivial. It's on my list, for sure, but it's looking like a huge amount of effort (probably more than LibreOffice) and I have to prioritise my time - other things are more important and/or interesting to me right now. The more people who have a go, and work out how to get past a block in the build, the easier it gets for everyone else, so I encourage more people to step up - doesn't have to be Firefox, there are plenty of other applications out there that could use some love. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Newer versions of Firefox - WAS::::Re: Firefox 31
Jerry, Ref: http://wiki.openindiana.org/display/oi/Firefox Also, after what Peter said, here are the current porting efforts of the newer Firefox releases to OI-hipster: 1. Firefox 40.0 - Reviewed yesterday for porting. Passed all dependency checks. In progress. Porting efforts based on pkgsrc (ryo). See: http://pkgsrc.se/www/firefox 2. Firefox 38.2.0esr - porting to OI-hipster. In progress. Main production workflow effort. 3. Firefox 37 - ported and tested by Martin Bochnig, OpenSXCE. See: http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2015-March/017390.html 4. Firefox 31.8.0esr - ported and tested by Oracle. OI-hipster specific test builds are still in oi-dev testing phase. Thanks for asking,Ken On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 9:38 PM, Jerry Kemp wrote: I was reviewing some technical news site and saw that there was a new version of Firefox out, 39.x something, to address some big security hole. I have been stuck on Firefox 25 for some time now, having been bitten by the "Firefox won't save downloaded files" issue, and had somewhat stopped trying new versions to address the issue around Firefox 29.x. Anyway, we always used to have pretty consistent new builds in the contrib area on the mozilla site, I believe that they were typically compiled by someone within Oracle, in Asia, but that really isn't important. Anyway, I went out to mozilla.org to see what was currently available, and the newest thing I can find is Firefox 31.8.0 esr Is that really the newest version of Firefox available to us? Or have downloads been moved to somewhere else? Comments appreciated. Jerry On 05/ 5/15 07:55 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote: > Running Hipster, I was using firefox 31.0.2 (package from the Firefox FTP > site) happily until today (first day I've booted since I recently upgraded) > > previous update 2015-03-27, recent update 2015-04-30 > > Firefox works fine, except with any "alert" or popup box or sometimes > select lists, and dialog boxes. If I move the mouse over the object in > question; the application suddenly core dumps ... > > It doesn't core dump with the Firefox 24 that comes with OI, but then I > can't get flash to work properly in 24, and a lot of services complain that > I'm using an old version. > > It used to work fine, and I have a log of what changed during the upgrade > (attached). Anything that could be suggested to mitigate this would be > much appreciated > > Jon > > PS. this also affects Thunderbird installed from the Mozilla website. > ___ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
