Re: [ros-dev] Proposal for FF support drop

[Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo]

If ROS is going to drop FF rosapps support, i would upload a newer FF
version to SVN (2.x is too outdated) and restart with it.

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Sven Barth <pascaldragon(a)googlemail.com>wrote;wrote:

>   You know that we're not talking about FF 2, but
> newer releases?
>
>  Pierre already wrote that he wants to keep FF 2 in his original mail, but
>  we're trying to convince him/the rest to allow a newer release as well.
>
>  Btw: Mozilla wants to publish "long term support" releases in the next
>  time (based either on FF 8 or FF 9) which shall be supported around ~45
>  weeks. Maybe this will be a solution?
>
>  Regards,
>  Sven
>
>
>  On 15.01.2012 19:56, Daniel Reimer wrote:
>
> >   Guys, you know that we already host FF 2 on our
> > SVN Server? Check the
> >  link. It will NEVER become outdated
> >
> >  Am 15.01.2012 19:04, schrieb Andrew Faulds:
> >
> > >   Ah yes, good point. I just randomly guessed
> > > ftp.mozilla.org - but it
> > >  doesn't allow downloads of high-traffic releases.
> > >
> > >  On 15 January 2012 17:16, Sven
> > > Barth<pascaldragon@googlemail.**com<[e-mail]>>
> > >  wrote:
> > >
> > > >   On 15.01.2012 16:51, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Op 15-1-2012 16:34, Andrew Faulds schreef:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Why not just drop support for FF entirely from rapps? I'd say better
> > > > >> no browser than a terribly outdated one.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> If users want FF they can do this:
> > > > >> C:\ReactOS> ftp
> > > > >> ftp> open ftp.mozilla.org
> > > > >> ftp> cd pub/firefox/releases/8.0/**win32/en-GB
> > > > >> ftp> get Firefox Setup 8.0.exe
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > You're a version behind already ^^
> > > > > Perhaps they should create a "/current" or "/latest" and offer
> > > > "FireFox
> > > > > Setup.exe" there.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >  At least on their "high bandwidth FTP server" releases.mozilla.org
> > > >  (see the
> > > >  message when opening ftp.mozilla.org in a web browser) there is a
> > > >  "latest"
> > > >  in their FireFox folder:
> > > >
> > > > http://releases.mozilla.org/**pub/mozilla.org/firefox/**releases/<http:/…
> > > >
> > > >  Regards,
> > > >  Sven
> > > >
> > > >
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