Re: Seamonkey version same as Firefox

[Jens Hatlak]

AlainF wrote:

Seamonkey should use the same version number as the firefox version it's
using. If it's base on Firefox 4 then Seamonkey 4.xx and now with
Firefox 5 then Seamonkey 5.xx.


It's a common misconception that SeaMonkey is based on Firefox. It's 
based on the Mozilla platform, which includes Gecko (the rendering 
engine), which in turn appears in the User Agent string of all Mozilla 
products (among them Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey). Starting with 
Firefox 5, the version of Gecko will match that of Firefox, though.


Still, every group behind a product can decide on their own versioning 
theme. The Thunderbird developers chose to follow Firefox, making a jump 
from 3.1 to 5.0. The SeaMonkey developers however decided to continue 
with the established versioning theme while otherwise jumping on the 
rapid release train. That means that releases will be quicker, but the 
decision on what deserves a new major version will be independent from that.


Personally I think having half a dozen new major versions a year is 
totally stupid. In a few years, Firefox and Thunderbird will be in the 
20-30 range if they continue this way, and I think that just looks 
ridiculous. I guess they will some day either revise their decision or 
adapt yet another versioning theme (of which there are plenty; 
personally I think only somehow including the release year is 
future-proof, think Ubuntu).


Greetings,

Jens

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Re: Seamonkey version same as Firefox

[David E. Ross]

On 6/22/11 9:48 AM, AlainF wrote:
> Seamonkey should use the same version number as the firefox version it's 
> using. If it's base on Firefox 4 then Seamonkey 4.xx and now with 
> Firefox 5 then Seamonkey 5.xx.

That would break a number of extensions and other add-ons that indicate
maximum SeaMonkey versions in the region of 2.x.  The use of 5.0 as the
version number for a security update to Firefox 4.0 has already broken
extensions according to the Slashdo article at
.


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David E. Ross


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because of spam from that source.
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Seamonkey version same as Firefox

[AlainF]

Seamonkey should use the same version number as the firefox version it's 
using. If it's base on Firefox 4 then Seamonkey 4.xx and now with 
Firefox 5 then Seamonkey 5.xx.




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