Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
> On 11/05/19 2:05 AM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>> Am 10.05.2019 um 11:12 schrieb Nux! : I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from it. It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have? >>> >>> We are moving our workstations from OSX to EL8 right now. We think its >>> time to >>> couple our activities more tight to the new technologies that come with >>> EL8 ... >>> otherwise the user keeps brain-splitted :-) >> Don't get me wrong. At work we are running 99% of all desktop activity >> on >> RHEL/CentOS for much more than a decade. >> >> That's why I'm wondering why such a Firefox breakage has such a low >> priority for upstream. Our users are used to Firefox with several >> add-ons >> like uBlock and others. Suddenly having to run it without them is quite >> a >> mess and asks for an immediate fix. > > I have used CentOS 6 and 7 as workstation core along with EPEL, elrepo > and nux ever since v6 was released. It has just got better and better. > Then we have the likes of gnome and firefox, seeming to think of others > rather than the hard core users that have consistently worked to > streamline work flows in the real paying world. They are making huge > changes, motivated by and in the process sacrificing work flow and > efficiency as they pursue other goals. That's why we're using XFCE for more than a decade. That may sound a bit boring but it helps to stay focused on the real work. Regards, Simon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
On 11/05/19 2:05 AM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: Am 10.05.2019 um 11:12 schrieb Nux! : I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from it. It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have? We are moving our workstations from OSX to EL8 right now. We think its time to couple our activities more tight to the new technologies that come with EL8 ... otherwise the user keeps brain-splitted :-) Don't get me wrong. At work we are running 99% of all desktop activity on RHEL/CentOS for much more than a decade. That's why I'm wondering why such a Firefox breakage has such a low priority for upstream. Our users are used to Firefox with several add-ons like uBlock and others. Suddenly having to run it without them is quite a mess and asks for an immediate fix. I have used CentOS 6 and 7 as workstation core along with EPEL, elrepo and nux ever since v6 was released. It has just got better and better. Then we have the likes of gnome and firefox, seeming to think of others rather than the hard core users that have consistently worked to streamline work flows in the real paying world. They are making huge changes, motivated by and in the process sacrificing work flow and efficiency as they pursue other goals. BTW, dropped firefox some months ago when one of the updates trashed my stored passwords - using vivaldi now, not quite as internet savy as ff or chrome when it comes to video playing but otherwise interesting and useful. just my 2p worth. That's what I'm wondering about. Regards, Simon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 5:39 AM J Martin Rushton via CentOS < centos@centos.org> wrote: > Hi Nux, > > The number will be higher than that. Some large systems just download > once to their own private mirror and install from there. Where I used > to work each download went to at least 6 systems, probably more. > Regards, > Martin > > This. It's 154 systems for us. > On 10/05/2019 10:12, Nux! wrote: > > I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year > or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading > stuff from it. > > > > It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and > some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a > few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. > > > > There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this > kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint > have? > > > > -- > > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > > > Nux! > > www.nux.ro > > > > - Original Message - > >> From: "CentOS mailing list" > >> To: "CentOS mailing list" > >> Sent: Friday, 10 May, 2019 05:40:38 > >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage > > > >>> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: > >>>>> The price we pay.. :) > >>>> > >>>> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox > >>>> packages? > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Simon > >>>> > >>> > >>> No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's > >>> a priority for them. > >> > >> Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a > desktop > >> system :-( > >> > >> Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be > interesting. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Simon > >> > >> ___ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS@centos.org > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > -- > J Martin Rushton MBCS > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- *Matt Phelps* *Information Technology Specialist, Systems Administrator* (Computation Facility, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian 60 Garden Street | MS 39 | Cambridge, MA 02138 email: mphe...@cfa.harvard.edu cfa.harvard.edu | Facebook <http://cfa.harvard.edu/facebook> | Twitter <http://cfa.harvard.edu/twitter> | YouTube <http://cfa.harvard.edu/youtube> | Newsletter <http://cfa.harvard.edu/newsletter> ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
> Am 10.05.2019 um 11:12 schrieb Nux! : >> >> I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year >> or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading >> stuff from it. >> >> It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and >> some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite >> a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. >> >> There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this >> kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint >> have? > > > We are moving our workstations from OSX to EL8 right now. We think its > time to > couple our activities more tight to the new technologies that come with > EL8 ... > otherwise the user keeps brain-splitted :-) Don't get me wrong. At work we are running 99% of all desktop activity on RHEL/CentOS for much more than a decade. That's why I'm wondering why such a Firefox breakage has such a low priority for upstream. Our users are used to Firefox with several add-ons like uBlock and others. Suddenly having to run it without them is quite a mess and asks for an immediate fix. That's what I'm wondering about. Regards, Simon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
On 2019-05-10 04:29, wwp wrote: Hello Nux!, On Fri, 10 May 2019 10:12:59 +0100 (BST) Nux! wrote: I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from it. It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. Few only? I'm a nux repo user for a long time, and heard of it from forums and official pages. It sounds quite obvious to me that CentOS is used for desktop purposes in addition to server or dev systems. The Department of University I work for does use CentOS for workstations (those of professor and graduate students) and group number crunchers. So, indeed it is "desktop" system. Servers... Hm, we fled from CentOS to FreeBSD. Valeri There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have? Regards, ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
Am 10.05.2019 um 11:12 schrieb Nux! : > > I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so > ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from > it. > > It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some > users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few > users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. > > There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind > of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have? We are moving our workstations from OSX to EL8 right now. We think its time to couple our activities more tight to the new technologies that come with EL8 ... otherwise the user keeps brain-splitted :-) -- LF ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
Hi Nux, The number will be higher than that. Some large systems just download once to their own private mirror and install from there. Where I used to work each download went to at least 6 systems, probably more. Regards, Martin On 10/05/2019 10:12, Nux! wrote: > I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so > ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from > it. > > It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some > users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few > users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. > > There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind > of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have? > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > - Original Message - >> From: "CentOS mailing list" >> To: "CentOS mailing list" >> Sent: Friday, 10 May, 2019 05:40:38 >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage > >>> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>>>> The price we pay.. :) >>>> >>>> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox >>>> packages? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Simon >>>> >>> >>> No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's >>> a priority for them. >> >> Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop >> system :-( >> >> Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- J Martin Rushton MBCS signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
Hello Nux!, On Fri, 10 May 2019 10:12:59 +0100 (BST) Nux! wrote: > I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so > ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from > it. > > It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some > users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few > users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. Few only? I'm a nux repo user for a long time, and heard of it from forums and official pages. It sounds quite obvious to me that CentOS is used for desktop purposes in addition to server or dev systems. > There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach > this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or > Linux Mint have? Regards, -- wwp pgpmFrQoHheOQ.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
I maintain a desktop oriented repo for CentOS and last I checked a year or so ago, I got over 150k+ unique IPs with yum user agent downloading stuff from it. It's a bit anecdotal as perhaps not all are actual desktop users and some users were using multiple IPs (dhcp), but it shows there are quite a few users out there running CentOS for desktop purposes. There are desktop focused distros out there who do not even reach this kind of numbers. How many active users do you think Mageia or Linux Mint have? -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro - Original Message - > From: "CentOS mailing list" > To: "CentOS mailing list" > Sent: Friday, 10 May, 2019 05:40:38 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage >> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>>> The price we pay.. :) >>> >>> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox >>> packages? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Simon >>> >> >> No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's >> a priority for them. > > Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop > system :-( > > Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. > > Regards, > Simon > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
it's used for running HPCs a lot On 5/9/19 10:40 PM, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: The price we pay.. :) Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox packages? Regards, Simon No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's a priority for them. Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop system :-( Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. Regards, Simon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>> The price we pay.. :) >> >> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox >> packages? >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> > > No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's > a priority for them. Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop system :-( Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. Regards, Simon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: The price we pay.. :) Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox packages? Regards, Simon No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's a priority for them. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
No, it's the "price" we "pay" for using EL. -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro - Original Message - > From: "Simon Matter" > To: "Nux!" > Cc: "CentOS mailing list" > Sent: Thursday, 9 May, 2019 09:09:13 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage >> The price we pay.. :) > > Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox packages? > > Regards, > Simon > >> >> BTW, Mozilla publishes tarballs that you can simply extract and run (and >> will self-update), you can use those (it's what I am doing as a workaround >> in fact until RH catches up): >> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/60.6.3esr/linux-x86_64/ >> >> -- >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >> >> Nux! >> www.nux.ro >> >> ----- Original Message - >>> From: "CentOS mailing list" >>> To: "CentOS mailing list" >>> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 17:24:57 >>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage >> >>>> I was told lately about this workaround, check it out. >>>> https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/ >>> >>> The signing thing is a security feature. I don't like a workaround to >>> disable a security feature instead of fixing it. >>> >>> What makes me feel a bit bad is that everybody has fixed versions by >>> now, >>> only we enterprise Linux users using the ESR version still don't have >>> fixed versions available. I don't complain because we usually get very >>> fast updates, but this time we seem stuck. I can live with it but it's a >>> bit difficult to explain to our users. >>> >>> Did upstream already release new packages? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Simon >>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >>>> >>>> Nux! >>>> www.nux.ro >>>> >>>> - Original Message - >>>>> From: "CentOS mailing list" >>>>> To: "CentOS mailing list" >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 16:50:20 >>>>> Subject: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly >>>>> well know >>>>> extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. >>>>> >>>>> From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates >>>>> repository is >>>>> 60.6.1-1.el7. >>>>> It looks like Mozilla have just released firefox esr 60.6.2 which >>>>> should >>>>> fix the >>>>> signing issue. >>>>> (see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) >>>>> >>>>> Would it be possible for someone to pass this message on to someone >>>>> who >>>>> can >>>>> package this, so that users like me can update? >>>>> ___ >>>>> CentOS mailing list >>>>> CentOS@centos.org >>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> ___ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS@centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
> The price we pay.. :) Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox packages? Regards, Simon > > BTW, Mozilla publishes tarballs that you can simply extract and run (and > will self-update), you can use those (it's what I am doing as a workaround > in fact until RH catches up): > https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/60.6.3esr/linux-x86_64/ > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > - Original Message - >> From: "CentOS mailing list" >> To: "CentOS mailing list" >> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 17:24:57 >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage > >>> I was told lately about this workaround, check it out. >>> https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/ >> >> The signing thing is a security feature. I don't like a workaround to >> disable a security feature instead of fixing it. >> >> What makes me feel a bit bad is that everybody has fixed versions by >> now, >> only we enterprise Linux users using the ESR version still don't have >> fixed versions available. I don't complain because we usually get very >> fast updates, but this time we seem stuck. I can live with it but it's a >> bit difficult to explain to our users. >> >> Did upstream already release new packages? >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >>> >>> Nux! >>> www.nux.ro >>> >>> - Original Message - >>>> From: "CentOS mailing list" >>>> To: "CentOS mailing list" >>>> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 16:50:20 >>>> Subject: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage >>> >>>> Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly >>>> well know >>>> extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. >>>> >>>> From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates >>>> repository is >>>> 60.6.1-1.el7. >>>> It looks like Mozilla have just released firefox esr 60.6.2 which >>>> should >>>> fix the >>>> signing issue. >>>> (see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) >>>> >>>> Would it be possible for someone to pass this message on to someone >>>> who >>>> can >>>> package this, so that users like me can update? >>>> ___ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS@centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> ___ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
The price we pay.. :) BTW, Mozilla publishes tarballs that you can simply extract and run (and will self-update), you can use those (it's what I am doing as a workaround in fact until RH catches up): https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/60.6.3esr/linux-x86_64/ -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro - Original Message - > From: "CentOS mailing list" > To: "CentOS mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 17:24:57 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage >> I was told lately about this workaround, check it out. >> https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/ > > The signing thing is a security feature. I don't like a workaround to > disable a security feature instead of fixing it. > > What makes me feel a bit bad is that everybody has fixed versions by now, > only we enterprise Linux users using the ESR version still don't have > fixed versions available. I don't complain because we usually get very > fast updates, but this time we seem stuck. I can live with it but it's a > bit difficult to explain to our users. > > Did upstream already release new packages? > > Regards, > Simon > >> >> -- >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >> >> Nux! >> www.nux.ro >> >> - Original Message - >>> From: "CentOS mailing list" >>> To: "CentOS mailing list" >>> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 16:50:20 >>> Subject: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage >> >>> Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly >>> well know >>> extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. >>> >>> From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates >>> repository is >>> 60.6.1-1.el7. >>> It looks like Mozilla have just released firefox esr 60.6.2 which should >>> fix the >>> signing issue. >>> (see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) >>> >>> Would it be possible for someone to pass this message on to someone who >>> can >>> package this, so that users like me can update? >>> ___ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
R C wrote: > cool!! that works for now.. thanks Mark!! Glad it helped. > > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:21 AM mark wrote: > > >> firefox_repackage via CentOS wrote: >>> Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly >>> well know extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. >>> >>> From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates >>> repository is 60.6.1-1.el7. It looks like Mozilla have just released >>> firefox esr 60.6.2 which should fix the signing issue. (see >>> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) >>> >> >> The answer that I found Sunday (after being on a trip, and unable to >> play music Sat eve on my netbook) was this: >> >> 1. Go to about:config >> 2. Type signature in the search bar. >> 3. You'll see this key: xpinstall.signatures.required, click on it, to >> change the boolean from true to false. >> >> Stuff may work again. If not, go to tools add-ons, and reenable (which >> you could not do before the boolean change). >> >> mark >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
cool!! that works for now.. thanks Mark!! On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:21 AM mark wrote: > firefox_repackage via CentOS wrote: > > Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly well > > know extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. > > > > From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates > > repository is 60.6.1-1.el7. It looks like Mozilla have just released > > firefox esr 60.6.2 which should fix the signing issue. (see > > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) > > The answer that I found Sunday (after being on a trip, and unable to play > music Sat eve on my netbook) was this: > > 1. Go to about:config > 2. Type signature in the search bar. > 3. You'll see this key: xpinstall.signatures.required, click on it, to > change the boolean from true to false. > > Stuff may work again. If not, go to tools add-ons, and reenable (which you > could not do before the boolean change). > >mark > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
firefox_repackage via CentOS wrote: > Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly well > know extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. > > From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates > repository is 60.6.1-1.el7. It looks like Mozilla have just released > firefox esr 60.6.2 which should fix the signing issue. (see > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) The answer that I found Sunday (after being on a trip, and unable to play music Sat eve on my netbook) was this: 1. Go to about:config 2. Type signature in the search bar. 3. You'll see this key: xpinstall.signatures.required, click on it, to change the boolean from true to false. Stuff may work again. If not, go to tools add-ons, and reenable (which you could not do before the boolean change). mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
> I was told lately about this workaround, check it out. > https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/ The signing thing is a security feature. I don't like a workaround to disable a security feature instead of fixing it. What makes me feel a bit bad is that everybody has fixed versions by now, only we enterprise Linux users using the ESR version still don't have fixed versions available. I don't complain because we usually get very fast updates, but this time we seem stuck. I can live with it but it's a bit difficult to explain to our users. Did upstream already release new packages? Regards, Simon > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > - Original Message - >> From: "CentOS mailing list" >> To: "CentOS mailing list" >> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 16:50:20 >> Subject: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage > >> Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly >> well know >> extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. >> >> From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates >> repository is >> 60.6.1-1.el7. >> It looks like Mozilla have just released firefox esr 60.6.2 which should >> fix the >> signing issue. >> (see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) >> >> Would it be possible for someone to pass this message on to someone who >> can >> package this, so that users like me can update? >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
so basically it says... "sit tight and wait..." Of course I tried to update the restclient, and when that didn't work uninstallit and tried to reinstallit...which didn't work either... On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 9:56 AM Nux! wrote: > I was told lately about this workaround, check it out. > > https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/ > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > - Original Message - > > From: "CentOS mailing list" > > To: "CentOS mailing list" > > Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 16:50:20 > > Subject: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage > > > Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly > well know > > extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. > > > > From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates > repository is > > 60.6.1-1.el7. > > It looks like Mozilla have just released firefox esr 60.6.2 which should > fix the > > signing issue. > > (see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) > > > > Would it be possible for someone to pass this message on to someone who > can > > package this, so that users like me can update? > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
I was told lately about this workaround, check it out. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/ -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro - Original Message - > From: "CentOS mailing list" > To: "CentOS mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 16:50:20 > Subject: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage > Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly well know > extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. > > From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates repository > is > 60.6.1-1.el7. > It looks like Mozilla have just released firefox esr 60.6.2 which should fix > the > signing issue. > (see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) > > Would it be possible for someone to pass this message on to someone who can > package this, so that users like me can update? > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
might fix the signing issue... but a lot of plugins/addons broke... like the restclient ... dangit... On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 9:50 AM firefox_repackage via CentOS < centos@centos.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly well > know extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin. > > From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates > repository is 60.6.1-1.el7. > It looks like Mozilla have just released firefox esr 60.6.2 which should > fix the signing issue. > (see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/) > > Would it be possible for someone to pass this message on to someone who > can package this, so that users like me can update? > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
