[OT] Fedora 4 and 5

[Paul Howarth]

John Wendel wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
>> Edward Krack wrote:
>>
>>> Fedora Core 4:
>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/
>>>
>>> edc9582da8796f9658ed0478a474a5461c3d2a8f
>>> SRPMS/firefox-1.0.8-1.1.fc4.src.rpm
>>> 22f31a6966879e2b2a62a30f369c8e99ddcd0e7d
>>> ppc/firefox-1.0.8-1.1.fc4.ppc.rpm
>>> 8c8b61fcf154efdaf1cb630ecafb3ab1b95dfc03
>>> ppc/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.0.8-1.1.fc4.ppc.rpm
>>> 52ee41a4eefbfa8b0a139476b2d1b8a78d5ddc2b
>>> x86_64/firefox-1.0.8-1.1.fc4.x86_64.rpm
>>> 46b5a14188582e1760ca3bb4c3bb27be041fdeb1
>>> x86_64/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.0.8-1.1.fc4.x86_64.rpm
>>> 7ea4c55ba11869f85ca89a4b406a712e51c75c34
>>> i386/firefox-1.0.8-1.1.fc4.i386.rpm
>>> 9b34e30b7c4ec287b823197e5b039d711fdcd5de
>>> i386/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.0.8-1.1.fc4.i386.rpm
>>>
>>> Fedora Core 5:
>>> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/
>>>
>>> aba3a17adde822ac4d3bb900c65e87a06a8d331f
>>> SRPMS/firefox-1.5.0.2-1.1.fc5.src.rpm
>>> 1c80c1fd6561c3cc7f3e54463bc6d25445956e30
>>> ppc/firefox-1.5.0.2-1.1.fc5.ppc.rpm
>>> 42b8356caa72dafaa84977bf987c6650c715fd7c
>>> ppc/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.2-1.1.fc5.ppc.rpm
>>> bc79140dc00183aeecf8dccd36565a4f78f6bbcd
>>> x86_64/firefox-1.5.0.2-1.1.fc5.x86_64.rpm
>>> 95babbc4143fa8164ad71ce9da67469171b4d66f
>>> x86_64/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.2-1.1.fc5.x86_64.rpm
>>> d89a1acecd42915ce7571dc1759661f01985e4f8
>>> i386/firefox-1.5.0.2-1.1.fc5.i386.rpm
>>> 4f87d27853e5122b941afbfbb3a1788ffb338b4d
>>> i386/debug/firefox-debuginfo-1.5.0.2-1.1.fc5.i386.rpm
>>>
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>>
>> Seen this info, but I ask, why is FC4 stuck with 1.0.8 and 1.5 is out? 
>> Didn't I read that 1.0.x was to be dropped?
>>
> 
> 
> Can't answer the why question, but it's really easy to upgrade just by 
> downloading the 1.5 tar file. It works fine here. If you're stuck on 
> FC4, you might as well plan for Fedora provided updates going away.

I would guess that the "why" is the same "why" that major version 
updates and ABI changes for most packages aren't usually made as updates 
to existing releases - possible breakage for current users. I believe a 
number of plugins for Firefox 1.0.x won't work in 1.5.x for instance.

Paul.