No problem,
the *Nightlies* are located at:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/
the *Milestones* are at: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
The difference can be explained as follows:
Mozilla is continually being developed and improved. Every "evening",
whatever development is reached then is compiled into a "nightly build".
After about a month of development, the most stable "modules" from the
nightlies are used to compile a "Milestone Build".
So you see, the nightlies are more current, but can also be less stable
than a milestone since they are generated more rapidly and new features
receive less testing (actually, the nightlies are for testing the newest
additions). The milestones are less current (only come out once a month)
but therefore more stable, since about a week before a Milestone comes
out, the features available at that time are frozen and the modules are
"branched" away from the main "trunk". No new additions are allowed on
this branch, and the existing features are thoroughly tests during the
week between the "branch-time" and the "Milestone Release".
So the nightlies are the "Trunk" and a Milestone is a "Branch" from the
trunk [:)]
The current Milestone is Mozilla 0.9.2. The next Milestone (Mozilla
0.9.3) os only a week or so away.
I suggest to create two sepearate installations (as described in my
previous post) so you always have a more stable (i.e., Milestone) and
more current (i.e., Nightly) build [;)]
BTW. You can just install a newer vversion over an existing one, just
like with any other decent program (unlike M$ office). All your settings
will be retained, only the program itself will be updated. This is maily
because your settings are stored in one location, and the program in
another location (i.e., subdirectory).
PS. You sent this question to the newsgroup and to me *separately*. In
the future, please just click on the "Reply All" button so when I reply
to your email, and I too hit "reply All", my answer goes to you by email
*and* to this newsgroup, thus allowing others here to benefit from the
new information ;)
Walter R Basil wrote:
> Thanks for the warm welcome [:-)]
>
> Sorry to bug you. If I annoy you just say so...
>
> Perhaps it may make a difference what platform I am using? I have gone
> to the
> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/ and the one I am
> supposed to download is for Mac OS X (Mozilla-macosX-trunk.sea.bin). Is
> this different than what you call the milestone? and where do I download
> the milestone from if it is different.
>
> So I reckon I do not have any nightly builds to play with? Or I just
> don't know what to download, which is entirely possible. I have never
> used an open source app before. Normally I download a program, use it,
> and maybe download updates that update the program for me..
>
> Peter Lairo wrote:
>
>> Walter R Basil wrote:
>>
>>> I have just started using Mozilla since .9.2 and I like what I see. I
>>> have a couple questions that I need answered if you will humor me.
>> I will try. Welcome aboard ;)
>>> 1. In the newsreader portion, I can't seem to just view those
>>> messaged that I have not read. All messages appear. I have chosen
>>> "unread only" but it continues to show all messages in a newsgroup.
>>> Is this a bug or do I just have to live with that if I want to use
>>> this newsreader?
>> This works for me on a more recent nightly (i use the nightlies,
>> because they are more current). Did you select from the menu: View ->
>> Messages -> Unread? Maybe you can download a new nightly:
>> http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/
>>
>> TIP: I install the Milestones (0.9.2) into *\Mozilla Milestone* and
>> the nightly builds into the directory *\Mozilla Nightly Build*. That
>> way, I always hace a (supposedly) more stable Milestone to fall back
>> on, AND a more current nightly build.
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Regards,
Peter Lairo
