Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:08:39 +0200 From: Admin Cyanide <admin@cyanide-studio.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mozilla retires Firefox 4 from security support Message-ID: <4E033AD7.2010600@cyanide-studio.com> In-Reply-To: <20110623083030.2afcccfd@scorpio> References: <20110623075223.3b439423@scorpio> <19971.11087.811956.446957@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20110623083030.2afcccfd@scorpio>
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Le 23/06/2011 14:30, Jerry a écrit : > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:02:23 -0400 > Robert Huff articulated: > >> Jerry writes: >> >>> > From URL: >>> <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217837/Mozilla_retires_Firefox_4_from_security_support>. >>> >>> Obviously users of version 4 will be more or less forced to >>> update to version 5 which is now in the ports system. What amazes >>> me is how quick support was pulled from version 4. >> My morning-fogged mind says Version 4 was out less than a >> year. > Correct! When Microsoft EOL'd a ten year old OS (XP) the wailing's from > certain factions was deafening. Now with Mozilla EOLing a product less > than a year old the sounds of silence seem to be propagating. > > The best part is that many of my "add-ons" again no longer work. From > what I can see in the ports system, and I may be wrong, there is not an > option to use the version 4 either although remnants of version 3x > seem to still be available. It appears that a user is forced into > version 5 from version 4. Wow, and people bitch about Microsoft's update > policies. > The major difference is that when updating Microsoft's OS from a major version to another you have to pay. I'm not flaming, I just want to focus on the fact that this products have not the same constraints. What is surprising is why it is not a 4.1 release, I'm not following Firefox development but I'm surprised how fast they've gone from a major release to another. What has been changed in FF 5 that needs this release number change ? -- Bastien Semene Administrateur Réseau& Système Cyanide Studio - FRANCE
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