On 02/06/2012 10:22 AM, Jason Warner wrote:
Hi All -
Firefox ESR is indeed interesting, and it would seem to answer some of
the question corporations might have about Firefox, but I think it is
less interesting for Ubuntu.
Firefox adopted a rapid release model for various reasons, but among
them was that they needed the browser to keep up with the pace of
innovation on the internet. Ubuntu needs to be out in front of these
things and be pushing the very edge of what is
possible, particularly in the browser. I do not think we can ship a
browser that will lag by 12 months in any sense; the risks too far
outweigh the rewards.
I'm afraid that even a year lag (ESR update period) would put Ubuntu
at severe disadvantage to other platforms. Imagine a world where G+ or
Facebook or some new whizbang product didn't work on Ubuntu because
the browser shipped didn't support some new technology/javascript
engine/platform component. That is neither something we want nor can
afford. We have to be better, we have to be faster and we have to be
braver.
The browser is among the chief components of the desktop that needs to
keep pace (or better) and I feel adopting Firefox ESR would be the
wrong choice for Ubuntu desktop.
Thanks,
Jason
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
In Precise we've upgraded to version 11 of both Firefox and
Thunderbird. But the reason for starting to upgrade frequently was
said to be that Mozillas support periods were limited for newer
versions after 3.6. But now we have the 10ESR versions of both.
Why are they not used instead of the short-term 11?
Thanks
Jo-Erlend Schinstad
--
ubuntu-desktop mailing list
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
I can agree that Ubuntu "needs to be out in front of these things".
But I do not believe that the Long Term Support releases should.
--
ubuntu-desktop mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
