[Leaplist] sad state of Linux default desktop installs

[Ray Brunkow]

Kevin Korb wrote:
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> You didn't mention FF in a few of your distro summaries.  Does that mean
> they actually came with FF 3.5.x?  I would be a little surprised to see
> the more "stable" distros going to a newer version while the Gentoo people
> are still in the testing phase.  It isn't like Gentoo is known for having
> a long testing phase on anything.  Even the official binary build is
> masked in portage.
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Yes, if I did not list a "fail" for a reason, then it passed the other 
parts of the test.  So yes if I did not mention FF, then it came with 
FF3.5 and had zero problems with the add-ons.
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:29:47 -0400
> Ray Brunkow <ray at brunkow.ws> wrote:
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>> Kevin Korb wrote:
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>>> I have to ask why you are insisting on FireFox 3.5.  The dependencies
>>> that it requires (xulrunner 1.9.1.x and nspr 4.8) are not entirely
>>> stable yet. Even bleeding edge stick it in there whether it works or
>>> not Gentoo hasn't gone to FF 3.5.x yet.
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>> Simple, 3.5 is stable release for FF.  that is why.  In fact 3.5.3 is 
>> the current stable release for FireFox.  To expect Linux, OSx, and 
>> Windows to use different versions is not a fair test.  To expect them 
>> all to use the exact same version is fair.
>>
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