Firefox 1.03?

[Shawn Christopher]

zer0halo wrote:

>It seems to me that it would be much less confusing for the user if
>Ubuntu were to simply release a security update for Hoary called
>firefox 1.0.3. Even if the security issues for Firefox 1.0.3 were
>fixed in the Ubuntu 1.0.2 release, how is the user supposed to know
>that? All the user (like me) knows is that mozilla releases a 1.0.3
>security update to fix important vulnerabilities, so for all I know,
>my ubuntu 1.0.2. still has those vulnerabilities. My inclination is to
>ditch the Ubuntu version and just download and use the bin distributed
>by mozilla. But obviously that's not the best solution. Plus even if
>ubuntu-1.0.2. is secure, how do I convince my IT manager of that?
>Really, it shouldn't be difficult for Ubuntu to release 1.0.3. as a
>security patch for Hoary.
>
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I agree however that is not to say that if Firefox 1.0.3 has any 
problems with an Ubuntu package that the Mozilla Foundation will be able 
to resolve them for you. For this reason (amongst a few others) packages 
are managed by the distro keepers. If they choose to include 1.0.3 as 
the package then that is their choice.

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Shawn Christopher
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