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On 02/06/2012 10:22 AM, Jason Warner wrote:
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:21 AM,
Jo-Erlend Schinstad <span dir="ltr"><<a
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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?<br>
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I can agree that Ubuntu "needs to be out in front of these things".<br>
But I do not believe that the Long Term Support releases should.<br>
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