Why don't we use Mozilla ESR in Precise?

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On Sunday 05 February 2012 11:56 AM, Viktor Basso wrote:
> On 02/04/2012 02:51 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
>> In Precise we've upgraded to version 11 of both Firefox and
>> Thunderbird. But the reason for starting to upgrade frequently was
>> said to be that Mozillas support periods were limited for newer
>> versions after 3.6. But now we have the 10ESR versions of both. Why
>> are they not used instead of the short-term 11?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jo-Erlend Schinstad
>>
> I agree, Firefox 10 is the initial Enterprise Support Release and will
> be maintained for 9 release cycles with a 2 cycle overlap for the next
> version.
> That means the next ESR is not due until Firefox 17.
>
> It is illogical to run non-ESR on LTS, unless you are Captain Kirk.

And please rebuild and upload xul-ext-lightning and enigmail with 
support for TB 11. Even alpha/beta users need calendar and gpg support.

I didn't pay attention to the upgrade. Next time I'll make sure I upload 
only when the necessary dependencies are also met.

Ritesh

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