Firefox 2 on Dapper

[Olivier Picquenot]

Donn a écrit :
 >> The whole point of running a *stable* distribution, like Ubuntu Dapper,
 >> is that it includes a fixed set of applications.
 > I reckon if I was running Edgy (which is unstable, no?) that the 
versions of software would also hit a cap when it moves out of cycle. 
i.e. It will be the same as Dapper at some point in the future.

Edgy isn't unstable.
Debian Sid is , and Grumpy Groundhog will be (as stated on 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(Linux_distribution) ).


 > But this has not really explained why new versions cannot run on it. 
Is it because such huge changes happen in underlying API libraries every 
time?

New software versions can run on an older linux, but it might require a 
little more work, because of underlying libraries changes.


 >> That way you know that if your computer works fine today, it'll most
 >> probably work fine tomorrow, even if firefox has been security updated
 >> 10 times.
 > Um. Don't know if I agree. A security flaw is a flaw. It's not that 
the flaw is only potentially harmful for *that* distro.

The question is more like this: why do you need a newer version of 
Firefox ? Isn't the one included in dapper fine ? I know it's fine for 
me, and if it wasn't , I'd investigate moving to edgy. And I know that 
having automatic security fixes from ubuntu is important to me.

Regards,
Olivier Picquenot