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

[Pierre Schweitzer]

Le dimanche 15 janvier 2012 à 16:51 +0100, Bernd Blaauw a écrit :
>   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 
This is not suitable. We have to keep something user-friendly. And
regarding that point, as usual, the less CLI, the better.

>   b) only offer version 2.0 ? Why 2.0 specific? 
Yes. Because 2.0 is frozen and we provide exe download on our servers.

>   c) only offer 2 versions? One modern and 1
> reference/test? 
The was done before, but once again regarding the releasing method of FF
this isn't possible any longer.

>   As usefull as old versions are for regression testing,
> users generally 
>  like having an updated, or latest, version of everything. 
This is why they would have FF2. To download the last available version.