[Novalug] Firefox versioning

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

It works the other way too. In general, anything with a version number 
in the name is either an older version, or bleeding edge, while the 
current/standard version usually has no version number.

RHEL has several automakes (or is it auto-something-else?) with various 
version numbers as part of the package name.

Lua is another one...ISTR lua40, lua50, etc, but that's in Debian.

JIM

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Actually, the approach has merits.
> 
> 
> In the Fedora/Red Hat world, the version is appended as the base
> package name in the cases of "tech previews."
>  
> ----- Original Message ----
> 
> From: Richard Ertel <richard.ertel at gmail.com>
> 
> @Dan: that *is* what i said when i suggested installing the
> 'firefox-3.5' package. the point is, the 'firefox' package and the
> '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...
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