Why don't we use Mozilla ESR in Precise?

[Petko]

On 02/06/2012 12:14 PM, Viktor Basso wrote:
> On 02/06/2012 10:22 AM, Jason Warner wrote:
>> Hi All -
>>
>> Firefox ESR is indeed interesting, and it would seem to answer some 
>> of the question corporations might have about Firefox, but I think it 
>> is less interesting for Ubuntu.
>>
>> Firefox adopted a rapid release model for various reasons, but among 
>> them was that they needed the browser to keep up with the pace of 
>> innovation on the internet. Ubuntu needs to be out in front of these 
>> things and be pushing the very edge of what is 
>> possible, particularly in the browser. I do not think we can ship a 
>> browser that will lag by 12 months in any sense; the risks too far 
>> outweigh the rewards.
>>
>> I'm afraid that even a year lag (ESR update period) would put Ubuntu 
>> at severe disadvantage to other platforms. Imagine a world where G+ 
>> or Facebook or some new whizbang product didn't work on Ubuntu 
>> because the browser shipped didn't support some new 
>> technology/javascript engine/platform component. That is neither 
>> something we want nor can afford. We have to be better, we have to be 
>> faster and we have to be braver.
>>
>> The browser is among the chief components of the desktop that needs 
>> to keep pace (or better) and I feel adopting Firefox ESR would be the 
>> wrong choice for Ubuntu desktop.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad 
>> <joerlend.schinstad at gmail.com <mailto:joerlend.schinstad at gmail.com>> 
>> 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
>>
> I can agree that Ubuntu "needs to be out in front of these things".
> But I do not believe that the Long Term Support releases should.
>

+1 on that . That's the actual difference between LTS and regular 
releases - that LTS provides a stable environment (which always costs 
being aback on the latest technologies ) . So there's the choice - 
stable&a bit otdated or changing&latest . LTS should provide the first 
(say with the option to upgrade to the latest version from the 
repositories) .
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