<p>Web old version?</p>
<p>Firefox launch new releases all time. I do no see a web programmers change your code page all time. While follow w3 standards never mind. So, Firefox ESR has got a lot stability and standby updates each some time.<br>
So, developers I guess are feel bad with new Firefox way to new release all time because plugins developers need adapt source code of your plugins for Firefox all time. I think is good idea include ESR on repos. Mageia, ScientificLinux... Has got it. FreeBSD has got both on ports and I think has got on binaries too on your servers.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 23, 2012 9:44 PM, "Thorsten Leemhuis" <<a href="mailto:fedora@leemhuis.info">fedora@leemhuis.info</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 23.09.2012 13:10, Reindl Harald wrote:<br>
> Am 23.09.2012 13:06, schrieb Thorsten Leemhuis:<br>
>> Has anybody considered to package the ESR releases for Fedora or is the<br>
>> general consensus "that doesn't make much sense, just leads to confusion<br>
>> and is not worth the trouble". I now and then could need a parallel<br>
>> installed Firefox ESR for a Webinterface that officially only supports<br>
>> ESR releases. I can simply install one in my homedir, but it would be<br>
>> nice to have it yum-installable from the stock Fedora repos (but the<br>
>> problem does not bug me enough to submit a package myself).<br>
> you can not have BOTH in the repos in a way that<br>
> the installation doses not conflict and you are<br>
> missing that switch between both will bring<br>
> you problems with your profile<br>
<br>
Something like that, yeah.<br>
<br>
> YOU may be able to work around them with seperated profiles<br>
> 99 out of 100 users are not and would damage their data<br>
<br>
All that software that is involved is open-source, hence solutions or<br>
workarounds for today's problems could be developed if someone thinks it<br>
is worth the trouble.<br>
<br>
> what is this for webinterface only supporting ESR?<br>
> why in the world should a WEBPAGE not work with a NEWER firefox?<br>
<br>
It's not so much about "work", more about "support", because for a<br>
software vendor it's risky if you are telling your customers that your<br>
software is supporting browsers that are not made yet ;-) Even<br>
supporting state of the art browsers is sometimes something software<br>
companies fail to achieve. Look here for example:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.1-Beta/html-single/Administration_Guide/index.html#Jasper_reports_system_requirements" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.1-Beta/html-single/Administration_Guide/index.html#Jasper_reports_system_requirements</a><br>
<br>
Quoting:<br>
"""<br>
The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Reports tool supports the<br>
following browsers:<br>
<br>
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 - Firefox 3.6<br>
<br>
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - Firefox 3.6<br>
"""<br>
<br>
IOW: If you want it or not, you sometimes need older browsers if you<br>
want to run a supported configuration (the example is bad because here<br>
one even needs a old, EOLed browser and not a Firefox ESR that's still<br>
supported; but you get the idea).<br>
<br>
CU<br>
knurd<br>
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