On 2011-09-25 17:56:32, Brian wrote: > The squeeze version of Iceweasel doesn't lose its usefulness because > there is a later version out.
The environment changes relative to a frozen browser which reduce the usefulness to me. Google Apps was mentioned earlier which used to work and now give you an ugly warning upon login. Their admin interface to add/remove users did not work for many months (I had to install chromium for that task). Addons for Firefox continue to evolve and some do not preserve backwards compatibility. Firebug comes to mind. While you can continue to use the old version, you no longer get the benefit of improvements or bug fixes in addons. > The later version may have a few more > *additional* useful enhancements but that is not what point 4 is about, > And what is in Iceweasel 7.0 which makes it urgent for *all* users to > have it available in squeeze-updates? I appreciate the benefits of stable especially on the server side. But does anyone really benefit from running Firefox 3.5.x opposed to more current version? > Backports and mozilla.debian.net are the places for updated Mozilla > packages. They are splendid resources. I knew of backport but not iceweasel-release. How do people find out of those semi-official repos? Is there a way to tell how many people actually make use of it? If it is more than x% should it not be the default configuration? /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC <http://lifeintegrity.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110925185100.GA7003@vent.lifeintegrity.localnet