Firefox in Breezy (1.0.8), and security support

[Carlos Ribeiro]

On 6/7/06, Ian Jackson <iwj at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> -- Provide a version of firefox 1.5.0.4 in breezy-security.

<...>
>
I think by far the most attractive is to backport 1.5.0.4.  We know
> that this can be done (early Dapper 1.5.0.4's were obviously
> backports; I haven't checked backports.org but I don't see any
> fundamental problems).
>

I always thought that the concept of 'freezing' any program's version on a
particular Ubuntu release was going to break some time or other. I
understand that consequences are many, but in the end, the user sees the
distribution as a whole... that's one of the consequences of the Ubuntu (or
Linux-based systems in the general sense) distribution model (as opposed to
the 'operating system x applications' model used by Microsoft).

For me the biggest benefit is that by taking this path *now*, Ubuntu will
clearly sign what kind of commitment it is going to have for the LTS
edition. That's absolutely necessary for the long term IMHO.

-- 
Carlos Ribeiro
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