Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread Paul Sladen
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Paul Webster wrote: > What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko come from anyway? "Shiretoko"is the code name for developer-only releases of what was eventually shipped as Firefox-3.5 by Mozilla/Mozilla Corp. "Karmic Koala" is the code name for developer-only releases

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread John Matthews
Sorry, posted my last e-mail, before I got these two e-mails through. Thanks for the explanation. John. David Jones wrote: > Paul Webster wrote: > >> Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version >> of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and als

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread John Matthews
That is odd that you mention that. I had problems initially with the Shiretoko version, and it wouldn't install addons and I couldnt get other bits of it to work, since it got the final update, the addons now work, but its still called Shiretoko 3.5.2. I quite like the idea of being able to ope

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread David Jones
Paul Webster wrote: > Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version > of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also > gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name > Shiretoko come from anyway? > > Paul > Shiretoko was th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread David Stansby
Here's a rundown of how firefox naming works in the ubuntu repos: The current stable version that is in the ubuntu repositries is called firefox The later versions (currently 3.5 and 3.6) are given code names (such as Shiretoko) so as not to be confused with the current default version of firefox.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread Alan Pope
2009/8/12 Paul Webster : > Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of > Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets > updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko > come from anyway? > http://www.asoftsite.org/s

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread Paul Webster
Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko come from anyway? Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/