Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:23:39 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org, Michael Johnson <ahze@freebsd.org>, portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/firefox15 Makefile distinfo Message-ID: <20061109212339.GE1002@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <op.tirocsav9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <200611091917.kA9JHfjH070876@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061109202952.GC1002@zaphod.nitro.dk> <op.tirocsav9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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On 2006.11.09 14:54:18 -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:29:52 -0600, Simon L. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org> > wrote: > > >On 2006.11.09 19:17:41 +0000, Michael Johnson wrote: > >>ahze 2006-11-09 19:17:41 UTC > >> > >> FreeBSD ports repository > >> > >> Modified files: > >> www/firefox15 Makefile distinfo > >> Log: > >> - Update to 1.5.0.8 > >> - Mark DEPRECATED by Firefox 2.0 > > > >We need to find some way to get this into 6.2... unfortunately since > >6.2 contains firefox 1.5 as www/firefox I'm not really sure how to do > >this. I talked a bit to kris about this on IRC today, but the only > >way there really seem to be to do this (which don't involve nasty > >hacks) was to add firefox 1.5.0.8 as www/firefox temporarily and then > >re-adding 2.0 as www/firefox there... > > > >Anybody got any better ideas? > > I don't know what 1.5.0.8 has, but if there has some serious security > issue fix in 1.5.0.8 then it's ok with me. As for 2.0, I disagree for to > get it in 6.2. It's not ready and not have the same level of stability as > in 1.5.x. 1.5.0.7 and older has several potentially serious vulnerabilities - http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/ . I don't particularly want firefox 2.0 in FreeBSD 6.2, I just want a firefox with no know vulnerabilities (or even better, no firefox but I doubt other people agrees with that :-) ). ELEASE_6_2_0 is a tag, not a branch, so it's not possible to commit changes to it. -- Simon L. Nielsen
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