Firefox... automatic updates

[David Curtis]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:10:01 -0400
slowertraffickeepright at mail.com wrote:

> 
>  David, I'm just not sure what you are telling me...? 

What I'm saying is going from 3.0 to 3.5 is _not_ a trivial update, it
is a migration, it requires you to make certain decisions due to the
fact that with add-ons, plug-ins, and other FF customizations
that may not traverse a 3.0 to 3.5 upgrade, an automatic update would be
hazardous without human intervention.

You wouldn't want to do an upgrade and find out FF doesn't work or
loses some functionality without knowing why would you?

With that said, if you install 3.5 from the repos, the first time you
run it, it will try to get as many settings from your 3.0 install as
possible, you must be in front of your computer to participate in this
process. IIRC, it should tell you if add-ons installed for 3.0 will not
work with 3.5 and also if they are not available for 3.5.


Dave