Date: 03 Sep 2002 16:23:00 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: john_m_cooper@yahoo.com Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: Putting mozilla-1.0 back in the tree Message-ID: <1031084580.330.13.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1031084507.1735.30.camel@PC016247.reshall.uidaho.edu> References: <1031083190.330.3.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <1031084507.1735.30.camel@PC016247.reshall.uidaho.edu>
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On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 16:21, John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > Well, while I can see why why Mozilla 1.1 would be considered "bleeding > edge" (it has a lot of extra features), and I can see why some would > prefer Mozilla 1.0.x (because features cause bulk, etc.), to me, 1.1 is > the release. For instance, the browser that IBM brands and releases for > OS/2 is Mozilla 1.1 (which is on my lap top at the moment). Since I > like my (two) different platforms to have similar browsers, I'd be > inclined to a -stable and -current distinction. But people get all > wrapped up about vocabulary, so that's not critical. The bleeding edge thing comes right off of www.mozilla.org: "This is our latest bleeding edge release which contains all the changes that happened on the trunk since we branched for Mozilla 1.0." Joe > > The bottom line is that I like 1.1 (I just wish the performance of 1.1 > with respect to Java was as fast on FreeBSD as it is on OS/2). > > YMMV. > > jmc > > On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 12:59, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > I'm in the process of putting Mozilla 1.0 back in the tree as > > www/mozilla, and moving Mozilla 1.1 to www/mozilla-devel. It seems from > > the Mozilla release cycle diagram that they are planning a Mozilla 1.0.1 > > and, if necessary, a 1.0.2 release, and 1.1 is still "bleeding edge." > > > > To that end, I have a question. Should I bump the PORTEPOCH of > > www/mozilla again, or just nudge people who upgraded to change the > > origin of mozilla 1.1 to mozilla-devel? I think the latter, but I > > wanted to get some feedback on this. Thanks. > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > -- > _ > | |V| / ' || MacroHard -- \ > \_| | | \_, || the perfection of form over | > ----------------------------------|| substance, marketing over | > Web: http://www.borgsdemons.com || performance, and greed over | > AIM: johnmcooper || design . . . | > Yahoo: john_m_cooper || | > =====================================================================/ > Public Key: http://www.borgsdemons.com/Personal/pgpkey.asc | > =====================================================================\ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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