LXer: Thunderbird jumps from 3.1 to 5.0 (just like Firefox's leap from 3.6 to 4.0 to 5.0)

LXer · 06-30-2011, 12:00 AM

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Mozilla has number-creep on the brain. After dealing with Firefox 3.6.17's abrupt end of life in favor of 4.0, and then 4.0's deprecation in favor of 5.0 (and yes, I had to change repositories every time because Linux in general and Debian in particular doesn't force new software on users), now I learn that Thunderbird is jumping from 3.1 to 5.0.

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H_TeXMeX_H · 06-30-2011, 08:57 AM

Mozilla has clearly gone mad.

Hangdog42 · 06-30-2011, 10:34 AM

They should have made it 11.0. 11.0 is clearly louder than 5.0.

craigevil · 06-30-2011, 03:37 PM

5 is a boring number lets go ahead and make it 42.

brianL · 07-01-2011, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by craigevil

5 is a boring number lets go ahead and make it 42.

Nah, let's have Firefox 666.

H_TeXMeX_H · 07-01-2011, 06:17 AM

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Nah, let's have Firefox 666.

Yes, special Satan edition. The fox out of hell. Hellfox. I should fork it and call it that.

cascade9 · 07-01-2011, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

Yes, special Satan edition. The fox out of hell. Hellfox. I should fork it and call it that.

Satan edition? 666 is the number of a man. Unless you want take the position that 666 in revelation is a mistake, it should be 616....then 666 is just the 'weight of gold recived by solomon' (in talents...and its a stupidly large weight).

H_TeXMeX_H · 07-01-2011, 06:47 AM

Ok, 616, but it has to be a large number and associated with Satan.