firefox-1.5-0.5.0.rc1

[m_epling]

     yes but how are you going to evaluate the the update...when you do
beta testing you have to do this . the auto update is a new feature . if
you have a sys that cant be done this way then you have no biz runing rc
1.5 and need to wait untill production release .  
   if you install it not from the stck and circumvent the install then
your not testing the browser  . do you see where i am coming from ?
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 20:45 -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 21:57 -0600, m_epling wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 21:46 -0600, Michael Favia wrote: 
> > > m_epling wrote:
> > > > i logged in as root   lauched the browser and it did it
> > > How many parts of that statement make me weak in the knees.
> > > -mf
> 
> >   cant be afraid  its how ya learn  . i broke more Linux installations
> > than i care to think about . i use to just reformat and reinstall .
> > then i started fixing what was broke . researching and fixing until i
> > was never afraid of root or anything but root will allow the browser
> > to update and it will be avalible to all the users that log on . don't
> > be afraid of your Linux   ...take command and be extraordinary 
> > 
> 
> 
> The only Linux install I have ever had that I needed to re-install for
> was the one where I forgot the root password, and didn't know about
> booting into single or booting off of CD to edit /etc/shadow etc.
> 
> Running a web browser as root and then using the update button of the
> browser to download code that then gets installed and executed as root
> on your machine isn't learning.
> 
> Not wanting to do that isn't fear, its common sense.
> 
> You want to make a newer version of firefox available for your users?
> Grab the src.rpm for current version, and edit it to build the new
> version to install an rpm.
> 
> How will your users like it if the auto updater has a bug that you just
> ran as root, trashing your filesystem causing them to have loss of
> service while you figure out what went wrong?
> 
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