On 8/07/20 5:42 am, John Hasler wrote:
> Look at
>
> https://backports.debian.org/
>
> Note that for Firefox you need to go to
>
> https://mozilla.debian.net/
>
I think you'll find that mozilla.debian.net is a bit out of date - it
only goes up to stretch.
Richard
On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 10:21:48 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:06:08AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Wow, not sure what sparked that response, but I will say one thing, you
> > might run testing if your bank insists you have the latest thing
> > (browser).
>
> Well,
On Ma, 07 iul 20, 16:28:16, Gary Dale wrote:
>
> The package maintainers are who make packages stable, not the product
> developers.
Hmm...
> There is nothing to prevent a none-esr version of Firefox from making it
> into stable.
For the particular software named "Firefox" there is. It's Mozil
On 7/7/20 1:26 pm, Keith bainbridge wrote:
On 7/7/20 8:20 am, Dan Ritter wrote:
Gary Dale wrote:
This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only
version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display
bugs that
I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer versio
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 davidson wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 Gary Dale wrote:
On 2020-07-07 09:57, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:45:56AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
I did install it and it is a single package. It runs fine in
parallel with the esr release. Hopefully the maintainers will
On Tue 07 Jul 2020 at 20:39:05 (+0100), Joe wrote:
> Yes, my bank occasionally becomes inaccessible to FF, though not
> usually for more than about a week, when a cluebat has been wielded. I
> switch to Midori until it is fixed. It's a more limited browser, but it
> usually seems to handle sites th
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 Gary Dale wrote:
On 2020-07-07 09:57, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:45:56AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
I did install it and it is a single package. It runs fine in
parallel with the esr release. Hopefully the maintainers will
continue the practice of having fir
Gary Dale wrote:
> There is nothing to prevent a none-esr version of Firefox from making it
> into stable. The maintainers just need to install the bug fix patches
> created to fix the bugs in that particular version. This is exactly what
> they do when significant bugs are found in the stable ver
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 04:28:16PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> There is nothing to prevent a none-esr version of Firefox from making it
> into stable.
There are several things I can think of. One of them is "common sense".
Another one is "Debian policy".
But you can't hear anything that violates y
On 2020-07-07 09:57, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:45:56AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
I did install it and it is a single package. It runs fine in parallel with
the esr release. Hopefully the maintainers will continue the practice of
having firefox and firefox_esr available and br
On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 22:10:54 +0300
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 07 iul 20, 09:26:58, Peter Ehlert wrote:
> >
> > I had that conversation with the IT goofball for my bank (credit
> > union) last
> > Monday and Tuesday when they "updated" their crapware and blocked
> > me.
> >
> > it was far fr
On Ma, 07 iul 20, 09:26:58, Peter Ehlert wrote:
>
> I had that conversation with the IT goofball for my bank (credit
> union) last
> Monday and Tuesday when they "updated" their crapware and blocked me.
>
> it was far from painless but a couple links to the security statements in
> the Debian Wi
Look at
https://backports.debian.org/
Note that for Firefox you need to go to
https://mozilla.debian.net/
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On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 01:25:05PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> And the 'deb' line in sources.list for stretches backports is?
https://www.google.com/search?q=debian%20backports%20stretch
https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/
Once you find the instructions for buster, just replace "buster"
On Tuesday 07 July 2020 12:32:39 John Hasler wrote:
> Gene writes:
> > I'd tend to look at it like this: If the banks IT people think its a
> > big enough risk to use the old version, and demands the new one even
> > before the paint is dry, then it must be pretty serious and the
> > distros shoul
On Tuesday 07 July 2020 12:26:58 Peter Ehlert wrote:
> On 7/7/20 9:02 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 July 2020 11:32:04 David Wright wrote:
> >> On Tue 07 Jul 2020 at 10:06:08 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 09:57:54 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> If y
On 7/7/20 9:02 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Tuesday 07 July 2020 11:32:04 David Wright wrote:
On Tue 07 Jul 2020 at 10:06:08 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 09:57:54 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
If you are the kind of person who MUST HAVE THE LATEST THING, then
Debian
Gene writes:
> I'd tend to look at it like this: If the banks IT people think its a big
> enough risk to use the old version, and demands the new one even before
> the paint is dry, then it must be pretty serious and the distros should
> turn up the heat to get it out into the users hands asap.
On Tuesday 07 July 2020 11:32:04 David Wright wrote:
> On Tue 07 Jul 2020 at 10:06:08 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 09:57:54 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > If you are the kind of person who MUST HAVE THE LATEST THING, then
> > > Debian is not meant for you.
> >
>
rhkramer writes:
> but I will say one thing, you might run testing if your bank insists
> you have the latest thing (browser).
Get a browser from Backports. Or use Chromium. You're probably
allowing Google full access anyway.
--
John Hasler
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
On Tue 07 Jul 2020 at 10:06:08 (-0400), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 09:57:54 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > If you are the kind of person who MUST HAVE THE LATEST THING, then
> > Debian is not meant for you.
>
> Wow, not sure what sparked that response,
Probably the fact th
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:06:08AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 09:57:54 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > If you are the kind of person who MUST HAVE THE LATEST THING, then
> > Debian is not meant for you.
>
> Wow, not sure what sparked that response, but I will say one
On Tuesday, July 07, 2020 09:57:54 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> If you are the kind of person who MUST HAVE THE LATEST THING, then
> Debian is not meant for you.
Wow, not sure what sparked that response, but I will say one thing, you might
run testing if your bank insists you have the latest thing (
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:45:56AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> I did install it and it is a single package. It runs fine in parallel with
> the esr release. Hopefully the maintainers will continue the practice of
> having firefox and firefox_esr available and bring it to Testing.
You don't understan
On 2020-07-07 02:55, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Lu, 06 iul 20, 23:33:46, Gary Dale wrote:
On 2020-07-06 20:00, Bob Weber wrote:
Firefox 78 is in unstable. I run testing but I occasionally pick up
things in unstable if they don't mess up testing like firefox. I have
used it for a while mainly wa
On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 11:26:32PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
[...]
> >You're not disallowed from installing Firefox from Mozilla, it's
> >just not packaged because [... stable ...]
> Not disallowed but not exactly allowed.
By whom?
Cheers
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On Lu, 06 iul 20, 23:33:46, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 2020-07-06 20:00, Bob Weber wrote:
> >
> > Firefox 78 is in unstable. I run testing but I occasionally pick up
> > things in unstable if they don't mess up testing like firefox. I have
> > used it for a while mainly watching Netflix and for other
On 7/7/20 8:20 am, Dan Ritter wrote:
Gary Dale wrote:
This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only
version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display bugs that
I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer version.
An updated (non-ESR) version of Firefox wo
On 2020-07-06 20:00, Bob Weber wrote:
On 7/6/20 5:28 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the
only version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has
display bugs that I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer version.
While generally the
On 2020-07-06 18:20, Dan Ritter wrote:
Gary Dale wrote:
This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only
version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display bugs that
I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer version.
An updated (non-ESR) version of Firefox
On 7/6/20 5:28 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only
version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display bugs that
I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer version.
While generally the pages I create look pretty much the sam
Gary Dale wrote:
> This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only
> version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display bugs that
> I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer version.
>
> An updated (non-ESR) version of Firefox would allow me to figure out wh
This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only
version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display bugs
that I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer version.
While generally the pages I create look pretty much the same on whatever
browser I use, I have
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