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Mozilla 1.0 RC2 is out

Posted by michael on from the zeno's-paradox dept.

ferratus writes "The Mozilla organization just released the second release candidate for the upcoming 1.0 due out in a few weeks. See the updated release note and remember to see the mirror list before hitting the main server."

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  1. RC1 was a terrible release. by burtonator · · Score: 2, Troll

    Here are my thoughts:

    By now I am sure most people have seen that Mozilla RC1 has been released .
    The press has picked this up and now there are a number of reviews .



    They all fail to compare RC1 to the last release (0.99) which leads to almost
    all positive feedback.


    The truth is that Mozilla really screwed up their release process. This is the
    worst stable Mozilla build I have tested in the last year. They litterally
    broke every rule in the book:


    - They introduced major UI changes which are incompatible with all of the builds
    since 0.80 or so.


    - Saving files locally (at least on my system) is totally broken. Want to save
    a PDF file locally? ... Too bad!


    - They have completely changed around a lot of the preferences. Where did
    these come from?


    There are also numerous other small bugs.


    RC1 should have been 0.99 with *only* patches to fix critical bugs. How many
    release candidates do they expect to have?


    Will there every be a Mozilla 1.0 or is it just going to be asymptotic to 1.0?