Date: 26 Dec 2005 11:48:24 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Dimitris Tsamis <el01043@mail.ntua.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mozilla extensions Message-ID: <44hd8vztwn.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <43AE846A.8070203@mail.ntua.gr> References: <43AE846A.8070203@mail.ntua.gr>
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Dimitris Tsamis <el01043@mail.ntua.gr> writes: > I use Firefox and Thunderbird on FreeBSD and I have noticed that some of > the extensions are available as ports, for example the adblock and > enigmail extensions. I want to ask if there is a difference between > installing the port and installing the extension from an xpi file. > Especially for Thunderbird I see that the version available for FreeBSD > on the official enigmail site is 0.89.6, whereas the port installs > version 0.93.0. Why is that? The official site is offering pre-compiled versions, and is somewhat out of date for FreeBSD. The maintainer of the mail/enigmail port (ale@) does a pretty good job of keeping the FreeBSD ports tree up to date with the released sources (often trailing a few weeks for minor releases, less for major ones).
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