[GRLUG] Debian Etch 4.0 Released

[Tim Schmidt]

On 4/9/07, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alas,  the inevitable problem is that it
> creates yet more work for the various
> distributions.  I suspect it's a pretty big
> job to maintain something like Firefox.
> I'd guess the issues would have to get
>  pretty big before someone would want
> to get involved with all that.

Debian already maintains Firefox far longer than Mozilla.org does, due
to their policy of porting fixes only, not new versions.  The
mozilla-recommended way to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities is to
ship the newest Firefox - Fedora does just that.

--tim