Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
The paragraph "This browser was previously known as Firefox 2, Firebird
and Phoenix." should be removed. Rationale: Firefox has been around
under that name for some years now. Those who care about the old names
"Firebird" and "Phoenix" already know, or, if they are studying history,
can easily find out. Saying "This browser was previously known as
Firefox 2" is just silly: first, it's not true, as "Firefox 3" was never
known as "Firefox 2", and secondly, users are in general familiar with
the concept of version numbers, and understand that "Firefox 3" is a
later version of the program "Firefox" than "Firefox 2". If this part of
the paragraph made sense, think of what you'd need for Emacs: "This
editor was previously known as Emacs 22.1, Emacs 21.4, Emacs 21.3, Emacs
21.2, Emacs 21.1, Emacs 20.7,...". If you are really serious about this,
then you've missed one: "This browser was previously known as Firefox 2,
Firefox, Firebird and Phoenix."!
If for some reason you think the old names ought to be kept, then simply
change the paragraph back to "This browser was previously known as
Firebird and Phoenix."
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jun 18 11:01:09 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: firefox 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/epocemx/bin:/home/username/bin:/home/username/local/i686/bin:/home/username/local/bin:/home/username/.luarocks/bin:/home/username/Work/Adsensus/svn/nancy/trunk:/home/username/Work/Adsensus/svn/adsensus/trunk:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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Remove "previously known as" paragraph
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240880
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