Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox 3 Beta 5

[Felipe Figueiredo]

On Thu 24 Apr 2008 13:05:14 Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> Felipe Figueiredo wrote:

> > Also note, as I and others mentioned, that you were wrong when you
> > said the beta was included *instead* of the stable, so this is
> > actually a non-issue.
>
> I do not agree with this view. When something is Beta, it is Beta.

One can believe anything they want. That doesn't make it true. The 
notation "beta" usually means different things for different apps - it is 
usually commented on the web that MSWindows *final* versions should be 
called beta releases (sometimes even alpha) in respect to critical and 
important outstanding bugs. Firefox3 beta is reported to be stable in 
some forums, while in others buggy and "crashy" and "freezy". Firefox2 
final also have similar behaviour in my experience, having some freezes 
now and then when I push it too hard, so I don't see why you seem to be 
so picky about it being called beta. Beta5 is the final beta in FF 
release cycle, and it appears to me that only polishing bugs are to be 
considered until the release (which I've read will happen around June).

But I could be wrong in all this, which is why I suggested you to read 
proper information before concluding anything at all. In any case, it 
*is* a non-issue in the context you mentioned - to upgrade to HH or not 
just because of this.

> In any case, I would like to see if anyone has/had any troubles with
> Firefox 3 Beta 5 on Ubuntu 8.04 final.

Have you seen the bugs page?

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bugs