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Bugs Force Another Round of Mozilla Updates

Posted by timothy on from the mozilla-project-still-rocks-the-world dept.

cybersaga writes "ZDNet reports: "The open source Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client will be updated for the second time in a week due to code changes that have unintentionally stopped some third-party extensions from functioning correctly." More details at MozillaZine. Firefox and Thunderbird versions 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.10 are on their way."

18 comments

  1. third party? by vga_init · · Score: 1

    Or, rather, is it that the extensions are now broken? Let's not make the mistake of sacrificing progress for compatibility.

    1. Re:third party? by asa · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Or, rather, is it that the extensions are now broken? Let's not make the mistake of sacrificing progress for compatibility.

      Actually, the most popular Thunderbird extension and at least one Firefox extension were broken by changes to our code that were not strictly necessary. Let's not make the mistake of sacrificing compatibility for expedience. The 1.0 branch is a long-lived stable branch and we care about people who are developing for that branch. Breaking our developers on a stable branch should not be done without serious consideration (if at all) and certainly not as the result of time pressures.

      - A

    2. Re:third party? by vga_init · · Score: 1

      I concede.

  2. Even worse by Saiyine · · Score: 1

    Even worse is that the ubercomplex translation scheme used in the mozilla software is driving crazy the translators.

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    1. Re:Even worse by asa · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Even worse is that the ubercomplex translation scheme used in the mozilla software is driving crazy the translators.

      Firefox 1.0.x translations are not ubercomplex and require little more of the translators than to test and sign off on the translated builds that Mozilla produces. Thunderbird 1.0.x is not as good because we do not have the translations in our CVS repository (which means we can't produce continual builds like we do for Firefox) so the translators have to hand package their translations.

      On the development trunk (the road to the next major Firefox release) we have both Firefox and Thunderbird translations in CVS so this will not be an issue there.

      - A

    2. Re:Even worse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why the heck are Mozilla Firefox builds available in fr-FR before en-GB?

      Next hard disk format, I'll just take en-US on reinstall.

  3. Bugs in Mozilla???!!! by Math,+The+Ancient · · Score: 0

    Oh, the horror of it all...twice in one week, even!! Surely written by those that consistently claim they can do better than that northwestern company. How will you live down the shame? P.S. Screw karma. You know damn full well as I do that ALL software has bugs. Welcome to the club, /.'ers.

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    1. Re:Bugs in Mozilla???!!! by dascandy · · Score: 1

      Whadda ya mean, 2+2 > 0? I thought we were all doing modulus calculations... sure as hell gives me lower prices at the supermarket, although it's usually preceded by a fierce fight with the store clerk...

    2. Re:Bugs in Mozilla???!!! by Math,+The+Ancient · · Score: 1

      You are at a loss for words, I understand...so you resort to attacking my sig. :)

      Mathematically, rounding is used, of course. Politically, there are those that offer less, yet doesn't add up; most accept the norm or middle of the road; and those that actually offer or produce more than expected. Each are compensated in their fashion. (yeah, I know...hokey, but i'm sure it'll change next week anyways.)

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  4. Why my FF 1.0.4 by Exitar · · Score: 1

    don't show me 1.0.5 in Tools->Options->Advanced->Software Update?

    1. Re:Why my FF 1.0.4 by Mark+Hood · · Score: 1

      If it's anything like mine, you might have a localised version installed.

      I have the Windows version for British English (yes, it's different from American English) and when I visit the Firefox home page, I am presented with two download options.

      1. 1.0.5 American
      2. 1.0.4 British

      I guess your localised version isn't updated yet.

      Why not take a look?

      (I've now decided to suck up the bad spelling and use the US version, just to keep up with updates).

      Mark

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  5. *sigh* Not another one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I can't be the only one sick of these upgrades. Usually I wouldn't mind, but when you have to download a 5 MB file, and reinstall Firefox every time you want to upgrade, it starts to get annoying. Anyone know when FF 1.1 is coming out? (FF 1.1 will have patch upgrades)

    1. Re:*sigh* Not another one by Marcion · · Score: 1

      Maybe you should try Gentoo, it updates all my software everyday while I'm alseep, just set a cron to do

      emerge --sync && emerge world && shutdown -h now

      [Ducks for cover]

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  6. Re:Oh why oh why.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I switched back to IE instead, it's more stable and secure.

    You are joking, aren't you? Please tell me you're joking.

  7. No vomit here by DrSkwid · · Score: 1

    "release early, release often"

    Did you forget the mantra ?

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  8. And Ubuntu by samjam · · Score: 1

    Cool distro though ubuntu is, it is very late with security fixes.

    Sam

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