Downgrading Firefox 3.5 and Thunderbird 3.0

Michael Cronenworth mike at cchtml.com
Mon May 11 15:25:58 UTC 2009


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Downgrading Firefox 3.5 and Thunderbird 3.0
From: Douglas E. Warner <silfreed at silfreed.net>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
Date: 05/11/2009 09:37 AM

> 
> I agree; extension developers are in a similar situation to package
> maintainers here; they need to test their product against a moving upstream
> and re-release when working.  The fact that they haven't done this yet is just
> a clue that it's not time to update Firefox/Thunderbird.


The only time you get extension developers to update[1] is when the 
final Firefox update is released. Should Firefox releases wait on 
extension developers? Think about that for a second. Really think about 
that. If an extension you use is that important to you you should create 
a bug on mozilla.org for a feature request and make it a blocker of the 
next release. Good luck on that.

This whole thread so far is sensationalist crap.

Every day people bitch that Fedora is not bleeding enough. Now we have 
people bitching about a Fedora release, not even at GA, being too 
bleeding. Stop, read, and listen to yourselves before replying to this 
thread again. This discussion happens constantly and it is tiresome. The 
time wasted in these type of discussions is better spent elsewhere. Work 
on getting your extension developer involved in Firefox updates. (*GASP*)

[1] Sure, some extensions such as Adblock stay on top of Firefox 
changes, but not all extensions do.




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