Firefox 3.5 coming out -- will it be in Slackware 13?

sahko · 07-04-2009, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by shadowsnipes

Regardless of whether or not it is released with Slackware 13, FF is an easy drop in package.

Thats true, but only for 32bit.

shadowsnipes · 07-04-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by sahko

Thats true, but only for 32bit.

Well, in the meantime you could use a similar SlackBuild to repackage swiftfox, so it would still be easy.

dugan · 07-06-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Daedra

I just used the slackware64-current slackbuild. All I had to do was edit a few lines wait for it to compile and now its working fine.

I just did that too. The few lines that needed changing were:

VERSION had to be changed to 3.5
ARCH had to be changed to i486
NUMJOBS had to be changed to -j3 because I only have two cores
cd mozilla had to be changed to cd mozilla-1.9.1
the mozilla-firefox-mimeTypes-fix.diff.gz patch had to be commented out
the package extension had to be changed from txz to tgz

metrofox · 07-06-2009, 04:43 PM

When there will be security issues and/or improvements etc... Pat will release it on slackware 13 as he did in slackware 12.2:

Code:

+--------------------------+
Mon Jun 15 22:14:45 CDT 2009
[...]
patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.0.11-i686-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to firefox-3.0.11.
  This fixes some security issues.
  For more information, see:
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox30.html
  (* Security fix *)

sjampoo · 07-07-2009, 02:17 AM

As there are 'lots-o' bugreports on the all-fresh-all-new FF 3.5, and there's be a major bugfix announced.. there's 2(or even 3?) options:

- SW:13 is released within a few weeks, no FF 3.5(.1?)

- SW:13 is released within a few months,. FF 3.5(.2?) will be included.

or:

- SW 13 is released without FF 3.5, SW 13.1 will feature FF 3.6.3

Eitherway: it* will be ready, when it's ready

* as in SW:13

samac · 07-12-2009, 05:32 AM

Check out the current changelog.

samac

hitest · 07-12-2009, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by samac

Check out the current changelog.

samac

Yep. Welcome news indeed! FF 3.5 is in -current.

metrofox · 07-12-2009, 09:21 AM

Yes, now we're sure that firefox3.5 will be on slackware13

brianL · 07-12-2009, 12:06 PM

3.5 seems OK here. Fingers crossed. Touch wood...

H_TeXMeX_H · 07-12-2009, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

3.5 seems OK here. Fingers crossed. Touch wood...

It hasn't crashed yet and I've been using ever since the minute it came out.

metrofox · 07-12-2009, 02:32 PM

It's faster too, don't you think so?

H_TeXMeX_H · 07-12-2009, 02:38 PM

It's definitely faster, especially on older machines. I just updated to 3.5 on my older laptop and it works a lot faster. On my newer machines I notice that it is faster, but the difference is less noticeable.

brianL · 07-12-2009, 02:49 PM

I found something to play with on 3.5 that I couldn't use on 3: HTML5 Drumkit:
http://www.randomthink.net/labs/html...0001000100|120

SqdnGuns · 07-12-2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

I found something to play with on 3.5 that I couldn't use on 3: HTML5 Drumkit:
http://www.randomthink.net/labs/html...0001000100|120

More Cowbell!!!

brianL · 07-12-2009, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SqdnGuns

More Cowbell!!!

Yeah! Great for annoying the neighbours ( I live in a terraced house, like those on "Coronation Street").