Firefox... automatic updates
Karl F. Larsen
klarsen1 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 24 01:02:04 UTC 2009
David Curtis wrote:
> 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
>
>
I have FF 3.5 on Karmic and I have filed 2 bugs so far on
3.5. It is not as good as 3.0 so be happy with what you have!
Karl
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