[xubuntu-users] Seamonkey--Updates?

Alok quantamcore at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 06:17:23 UTC 2011


We should have had 2.0.14 in the repositories not 2.0.11. Thats the last of
the 2.0 series.

On 6 November 2011 04:22, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Steven Susbauer <steven at too1337.com>
> wrote:
> > On 11/03/2011 04:05 PM, James Freer wrote:
> >>
> >> [Xubuntu 10.04 LTS]
> >>
> >> I've now been using Seamonkey for several months and so far i don't
> >> think i've had any security updates.
> >>
> >> Is that the case with other users? What that suggests to me is that
> >> Seamonkey isn't keeping up with Firefox on security updates.
> >>
> >
> > It is not only a suggestion, it is the truth as you can verify:
> >
> > http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/seamonkey
> >
> > The last change to Seamonkey in Lucid was the security update to 2.0.11
> to
> > fix the vulnerabilities listed at
> >
> http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey20.html#seamonkey2.0.11
> >
> > I don't know what the trigger is to get a security update, but it is
> obvious
> > that the current shipping version is vulnerable, as they have not even
> > released updates with just the security fixes applied. Only Oneiric has a
> > version that is considered secure at this point, all the others are also
> out
> > of date.
>
> Thanks Steven. What i couldn't see was when updates took place - same
> thing for Firefox.. seems a while with them too. I've since changed to
> Chromium which i like [tried the google Chrome and found one or two
> glitches - makes one wonder what bits google have put in regarding
> their usage tracking].
>
> james
>
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