Georg Bremer wrote: > Hi > > When Mozilla 1.0 is released will Netscape take the code into the > Navigator etc.? Is Netscape fixing the bugs that appear in Mozilla in > their 'own' browser too? Or get Netscape the fixes from Mozilla? Or in > which way are Mozilla and Netscape are working together? > Im asking because Netscape is beyond Mozillas development state. Maybe > Netscape just dont want to annoy ppl with weekly releases, Im not sure. > > At the moment there are just two stupid reasons why Im using N6.2 and > not mozillas newest release: I like the "Fog City" theme (which didnt > work with Mozilla) and the Netscape Logo, just because its an old rival > of MS.
While i'm sure the majority of the people watching this list is more qualified to answer this, I'll try to save some of their time. Netscape and Mozilla use the same codebase. When Netscape feels it's time for a new release they make a copy of the codebase (a branch off the trunk) and continue developement on that branch until it's considered release ready. They release a new Netscape build and eventually discard the branch (often taking along bugfixes and applying them back to the branch) and continue developement on the trunk. Most of the time Netscape programmers and 'Mozilla' (actually, read that as 'all the other developers from EOne (sp?), Redhat, Beonix (sp again? heh).. etc) programmers work on mozilla side by side, each with their own priorities set by the company they work for, or just bugs they want to see fixed. In the end everyone is working towards the same goal: making Mozilla a good browser/app suite/platform. -yatsu PS. I used Netscape for exactly the same reason; the icon, wow! heh....
