Currently, around 50 source packages depend on firefox and will likely require rebuilding. In addition, whether or not security updates can be assured is unclear.
I'm providing EXPERIMENTAL packages at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=125877&package_id=171041 for the impatient early testers. I'm uploading source packages too but that takes so damn long... (compiled with no modifications except changelog). Currently, the locale packages don't install anymore after doing this, and several programs (in the big list of apt-get rdepends) segfault without a rebuild.
A Firefox 1.5 backport is certainly possible, but it'll be a struggle and a lot more thought is required before recklessly pushing the backport button :)
On 12/1/05,
Shot - Piotr Szotkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello.
ulrich steffens:
> since firefox 1.5 was released earlier this
> week, will there be a backport for firefox?
Most probably - no. There are too many components depending on Firefox.
For example, I've rebuilt Dapper's 1.4.99+1.5rc3.dfsg-1ubuntu3 for my
Breezy install and Firefox works as a browser, but the System | Help is
broken (most probably Yelp needs a rebuild against the new firefox-dev).
Cheers,
-- Shot
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