Re: [blfs-dev] firefox-59.0

2018-03-13 Thread Bruce Dubbs
On 13/03/2018 15:51, Ken Moffat wrote: The latest firefox has now been released, but their process for offering the source has changed (not a surprise to me, they've been doing this for the 59 betas) - Speaking of FF, I just changed my default browser from seamonkey to FF. I have a question ab

Re: [blfs-dev] firefox-59.0

2018-03-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 05:24:10PM +0100, Pierre Labastie wrote: > > We usually don't care much about the extracted directory name. I can give a > dozen of examples where the directory name does not match the package name, > and we do not say anything... > I suspect that many *new* readers of BL

Re: [blfs-dev] firefox-59.0

2018-03-13 Thread Pierre Labastie
On 13/03/2018 15:51, Ken Moffat wrote: > The latest firefox has now been released, but their process for > offering the source has changed (not a surprise to me, they've been > doing this for the 59 betas) - > > The SOURCE file at > https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/59.0/SOURCE > is jus

Re: [blfs-dev] firefox-59.0

2018-03-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 11:00:02AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > What does 'Help->About Firefox' say? > > -- Bruce > 59.0 (64-bit) The betas I tried all claimed to be 59.0 - the 58 betas all said they were -bNN ĸen -- Truth, in front of her huge walk-in wardrobe, selected black leather boo

Re: [blfs-dev] firefox-59.0

2018-03-13 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 02:51:16PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > And if I use wget the default filename is c61f5f5ead... .tar.bz2 but > the directory within it is mozilla-release-c61f5f5ead.../ > > Fine if you have a wide screen in which to read the book ;) > > I suggest that we recommend using w

Re: [blfs-dev] firefox-59.0

2018-03-13 Thread Bruce Dubbs
On 03/13/2018 09:51 AM, Ken Moffat wrote: The latest firefox has now been released, but their process for offering the source has changed (not a surprise to me, they've been doing this for the 59 betas) - The SOURCE file at https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/59.0/SOURCE is just some te