firefox-1.5.0.4 (still)

John Wendel john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil
Tue Aug 8 21:43:08 UTC 2006


John Wendel wrote:
> Matthew Miller wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 09:38:10AM -0700, John Wendel wrote:
>>> Download the tar file, untar it in your home directory, point a 
>>> launcher at the new version, be happy! If only the rest of life was 
>>> so easy.
>>
>> Wow! That's a great solution. Y'know, Fedora should stop producing 
>> security updates
>> at all, and we can all just download upstream versions of fixes 
>> ourselves.
>>
>> Actually, why start with Fedora when there's Linux from Scratch? Cut out
>> that pesky first step of using someone else's distribution patches in the
>> first place.
>>
> 
> 
> You forgot the <sarcasm> tag, so I assume that you are agreeing with me.
> 
> Actually, I run the latest upstream versions of all the apps that I use 
> daily. It really isn't too hard to keep up with. And I understand that 
> this activity isn't what most people want to do with their time.
> 
> The Fedora developers do a great job with RHEL. I also have a lot of 
> respect for the LFS group.
> 
> Now I'll shut you and get back to updating my Kubuntu box.


Apology         ^^^  I really meant "up" here, Freud would be proud.


> 
> Regards,
> 
> John
> 




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