How does Firefox 2 get added?

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu Nov 2 20:30:28 UTC 2006


Dustin Ratliffe wrote:

> 
> ISSUE: How to install Firefox 2.0
> ---------------------------------
> For a variety of reasons, we are not planning to update to Firefox
> 2.0. We are instead focusing resources on Firefox 3.0, which will
> provide much more substantial benefits. We understand that some
> users will be willing to accept the risk of running Firefox 2.0 to
> gain compatibility with new extensions (e.g., Zotero and
> Halfnote). We have made available an experimental version of
> Firefox 2.0. However, we must stress that we believe the best
> experience for Fedora users will be to stay with Firefox 1.5 and
> wait for the  Firefox 3.0 update. The experimental development
> version is available here:
> 
>   http://people.redhat.com/caillon/RPMS/fc7/
> 
> Alternatively, it might make more sense to point users to the parallel
> install package submitted for review for inclusion in EXTRAS:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211807
> 
> Having FF2.0 coexist with FF1.5 would make it easier for users to
> safely evaluate whether FF2.0 is ready to meet their needs (e.g., is
> compatibible with their favorite extensions).
> 
> See also this bug that tracks the general issue of best recommendation
> to give users wishing to install Firefox 2.0 on Fedora Core 6.:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213177
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dustin Ratliffe

Done so. Thanks.

Rahul




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