[Novalug] Firefox versioning

[Daniel Chen]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Richard Ertel <richard.ertel at gmail.com> wrote:
> @Dan: that *is* what i said when i suggested installing the
> 'firefox-3.5' package. the point is, the 'firefox' package and the

I didn't say that you didn't say it, and I certainly didn't mean to
imply that you didn't.  Oh well.

> 'firefox-3.5' package contain different versions (obviously, hence the
> need for -3.5, right?). most users don't know that package exists.
> they only know that they are "stuck" (for all they know) with firefox
> 3.0.x
>
> this is one of my gripes with Ubuntu, and why i wish that Arch was
> easier to get configured quickly. or maybe i just want a
> rolling-release Ubuntu...

Which gripe, the fact that a snapshot of 3.5 was available when 9.04
shipped or that there wasn't a fat notification that 3.0 would be
upgraded to 3.5?

-Dan