Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Talking Point: Firefox 3.5
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Neal Bussett wrote: > [...] This is the *only* recommended method. [...] Tell that to the Ubuntu Mozilla Team. Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Talking Point: Firefox 3.5
Grant, I totally forgot about symbolic linking, it was frustrating to have Firefox3.0 keep opening up on me when I clicked a link. Thanks! Joe On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: > Unfortunately, the official Ubuntu archives don't have FireFox 3.5 > yet. I just talked with asac in #ubuntu-mozillateam to get his and > the team's recommendation. So, as of today the best way to get Jaunty > FF 3.5 is to add a Personal Package Archive (PPA) as described in > asac's blog post. > > > http://www.ubuntusolutions.org/2009/07/ubuntu-firefox-3-5-install-use-ubuntu-mozilla-security.html > > For command line folks, this means: > > sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 7EBC211F > sudo sh -c "echo 'deb > http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu jaunty > main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list" > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5-gnome-support > > to set 3.5 as the system default: [1] > > cd /usr/bin > sudo ln -sf firefox-3.5 firefox > > There are a couple other ways to get it as well. The daily build PPA > has more cutting edge packages but is less stable. FF 3.5 is also > available as a jaunty-proposed package but I don't recommend this way. > Of course one can also get the software directly from > www.getfirefox.com but you are on your own then. You won't be able to > take advantage of the automatic updates, integration work and testing > efforts that go into the packaged versions (and later security > updates) that get delivered automatically. > > I hope this helps. > > Grant Bowman > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam > > > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/380196 > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Talking Point: Firefox 3.5
Looks like 3.5 final got published to karmic and jaunty-proposed simultaneously yesterday, and the karmic package is working out well for me, so hopefully it doesn't have any major bugs and won't be in jaunty-proposed for too long :) On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 20:51 -0700, Neal Bussett wrote: > Just as an aside/disclaimer for those who don't know (since we get this > a lot): *-proposed is NOT meant for general human consumption (so don't > enable it as a repository). Indeed. I think the proposed repository actually has fewer testers than development releases these days, so stuff occasionally goes crazy in there. I've had more problems with -proposed than with using Ubuntu alpha versions, so... yeah. Don't use -proposed unless you like broken things. For anyone wondering exactly what version each official repo has right now, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5 is the place to look. Happy 4th of July, everyone! ~ Robert -- Robert Wall Web: http://www.rww.name/ OpenPGP fingerprint: EF31 62BC 85B2 0566 7732 B0B4 7B88 E371 6AB3 FC6C signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Talking Point: Firefox 3.5
Grant Bowman wrote: > Unfortunately, the official Ubuntu archives don't have FireFox 3.5 > yet. I just talked with asac in #ubuntu-mozillateam to get his and > the team's recommendation. So, as of today the best way to get Jaunty > FF 3.5 is to add a Personal Package Archive (PPA) as described in > asac's blog post. Yes, they do. Jaunty universe has 3.5 beta. This is the *only* recommended method. There's *no* reason to install it from a PPA in jaunty. The beta will be updated to the final sometime soon, which is the -proposed package finally going through the testing process and being accepted into -updates. So, redact what was previously recommended; the only officially suggested method is to install firefox-3.5 from universe, which will be updated to the final sometime soon (final is in -proposed, once that package is finished testing, it'll be moved to -updates). Just as an aside/disclaimer for those who don't know (since we get this a lot): *-proposed is NOT meant for general human consumption (so don't enable it as a repository). It's a staging area for packages that haven't been tested (sometimes problems slip through the first round of checks), and isn't even always internally consistent--sometimes packages from -proposed depend on versions that haven't made their way into -proposed yet. The latter is by far the most common. Enabling it gives you only a slight peek into the future of -updates, and really is more trouble than it's worth. To summarize: Install firefox-3.5 in universe and wait for the final to come down the pipe (and don't enable -proposed, higher version numbers aren't always better!) Neal Bussett Ubuntu California -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Talking Point: Firefox 3.5
Unfortunately, the official Ubuntu archives don't have FireFox 3.5 yet. I just talked with asac in #ubuntu-mozillateam to get his and the team's recommendation. So, as of today the best way to get Jaunty FF 3.5 is to add a Personal Package Archive (PPA) as described in asac's blog post. http://www.ubuntusolutions.org/2009/07/ubuntu-firefox-3-5-install-use-ubuntu-mozilla-security.html For command line folks, this means: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 7EBC211F sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list" sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5-gnome-support to set 3.5 as the system default: [1] cd /usr/bin sudo ln -sf firefox-3.5 firefox There are a couple other ways to get it as well. The daily build PPA has more cutting edge packages but is less stable. FF 3.5 is also available as a jaunty-proposed package but I don't recommend this way. Of course one can also get the software directly from www.getfirefox.com but you are on your own then. You won't be able to take advantage of the automatic updates, integration work and testing efforts that go into the packaged versions (and later security updates) that get delivered automatically. I hope this helps. Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/380196 -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
