From owner-freebsd-gecko@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 23 09:16:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gecko@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75BB21065673; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:16:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirj.bris.ac.uk (dirj.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BD038FC15; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:16:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsd.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.59] helo=ncs.bris.ac.uk) by dirj.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SB0bI-0004JF-E3; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:16:00 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncs.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SB0bF-0005AL-Lb; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:15:57 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2N9Fl9D042625; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:15:47 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q2N9FlOW042624; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:15:47 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bris.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bris.ac.uk using -f Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:15:41 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Florian Smeets Message-ID: <20120323091541.GA42601@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20120316094753.GA73354@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4F6B5C67.1040009@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F6B5C67.1040009@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: gecko@freebsd.org, Anton Shterenlikht , Beat Gaetzi Subject: Re: a plea: please don't deprecate FF 3.6 yet X-BeenThere: freebsd-gecko@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Gecko Rendering Engine issues List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:16:02 -0000 On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 06:07:51PM +0100, Florian Smeets wrote: > On 16.03.2012 11:13, Beat Gaetzi wrote: > > 2012/3/16 Anton Shterenlikht : > >> I'm on ia64, and www/firefox doesn't build. > >> www/firefox36 is about the only full featured > >> browser that does build on ia64. > > > > As far as I know not only ia64 is affected by the deprecation > > of Firefox 3.6. I know that PowerPC is no longer supported > > in newer versions of Firefox. I don't know the current status > > of Firefox on sparc64 but I assume that it currenty doesn't > > build. > > > >> I've several open bug reports with mozilla: > >> > >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638056 > >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647830 > >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=683879 > >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729447 > > > > Thanks, for opening these bugreports! > > > >> I understand it's a pain to keep obsolete > >> software in ports, and I'm trying to find > >> a newer alternative. However, with the current > >> pace of version numbers in mozilla project, FF12 > >> might be coming out tomorrow, and I'm not ready > >> to migrate from 3.6 yet. > > > > Firefox 3.6 will be end-of-life on April 24th. My intention was > > to remove it with the relase of Firefox 12 as at that point > > upstream no longer provides security updates and I like to > > avoid having vulnerable software in the portstree which is > > no longer maintained (yes, we also have to update libxul as > > the current version is based on Firefox 3.6...). > > > > Flo, whats your opinion on this? > > > > I agree that we should remove firefox36 as soon as the first > vulnerability is announced that Mozilla won't fix. Currently Beat and I > can barely keep up with keeping all the gecko ports up to date. We have > very little time to fix/improve things already, so we are not in a > position to start applying security fixes to deprecated ports. > > We should concentrate on making www/firefox-esr (once it's in the tree) > work on as many platforms as possible. I understand. As a user, I do appreciate your work on gecko ports. Many thanks -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423