Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox 3 Beta 5

[Mario Vukelic]

On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 15:54 +0200, Christoph Bier wrote:
> I don't want to blame anybody---I'm using FOSS which comes with
> baggage. 

But you act as if the same could not happen with OS X. I, however, am
sure that you can also run into problems when you upgrade OS while
having no backup and no time :)

> But I still wonder how software in beta stage can go to a
> LTS release. 

Well I have posted (too often) my understanding of the reasons and
quoted/linked to the explanation Ubuntu gives in the release notes.
There's nothing more for me to add.

> I trusted Ubuntu that they know what they do and that
> they only include FF3B5 if there would be no chance for any trouble.

AFAIK Mozilla itself confirmed that FF3 is ready for prime time, apart
from the fact that not all extensions are updated.

I do agree that the migration from FF2 to 3 could have been handled more
smoothly by Ubuntu, but shit happens.

Nevertheless, it IS usually possible to continue using FF2 and it IS
possible to disable extension compatibility checking in FF3, which would
make most extensions work.

Both options have been discussed to death on the list.

[...]
> Maybe I just have to admit that I can't take that kind of
> responsibility using FOSS anymore.

:) But again, it can happen with other OSes, too. Not to mention that
other OSes don't even let you upgrade the complete system, at all.