> > The official repositories for a particular version of Ubuntu are composed > to contain the latest versions of software packages as of the date of > release of that version of Ubuntu. After the release is made, newer versions > of software packages do not get added to the repositories, with the > exception of security fixes. So, for example, the latest version of Firefox > during Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) release was 3.0, so the repositories will contain > 3.0, even though Firefox 3.5 was released afterwards. Furthermore, even the > security patches are usually several days to a week or more behind the > official Mozilla releases, due to the time it takes to test and package the > software.
It is frequently desirable to get more timely security updates for Mozilla > software, or run the latest version, which may not be available in the > repositories, due to the new features and improvements. This is where the > Ubuntuzilla repository comes in On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Abir Sadik <[email protected]> wrote: > then ubuntuzilla is a worthless project.... > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:42 PM, সাজেদুর রহিম জোয়ারদার <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> 2010/7/2 Abir Sadik <[email protected]> >> >> > >> > Hey, ubuntuzilla is the same thing as firefox. Each version of ubuntu >> ships >> > with a stable build of firefox, which does not automatically update like >> in >> > windows. So to get a newer firefox, you have to wait for the next ubuntu >> > release. but with ubuntuzilla, the firefox updates automatically and you >> > get the most recent build of the software. >> > >> > >> If a newer version of Mozilla Firefox releases it will be updated through >> ubuntu update manager automatically. Lucid comes with Firefox 3.6 but now >> Mozilla released its newer version 3.6.6. So on my update manager of lucid >> shows me a notification of 3.6.6 update and when I allow him to do so it >> downloads the update files from the net and then update my firefox to >> 3.6.6, >> the latest version. >> >> রিং >> +৮৮০১৬৭১৪১১৪৩৭ >> -- >> Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >> > > -- Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
