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GazL 04-01-2010 04:39 AM

Most ISPs implement a transparent web-proxy/cache these days and they can sometimes deliver out of date information. The osuosl one has definitely been updated, so if it's still delivering the old one to you even after you've cleared your browser cache, then it's probably your ISPs fault. Alternatively, osuosl could be using some sort of round-robin cluster and not all nodes have been updated yet.

gegechris99 04-01-2010 04:55 AM

Thanks GazL for the explanation.

I will check tonight when I'm back home if my usual mirror is updated and if not I'll switch to one where I can see the update.

Lufbery 04-01-2010 07:03 PM

I'm all up-to-date again! :D

damgar 04-01-2010 07:43 PM

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Lufbery 04-01-2010 09:10 PM

I wondered if, once Firefox was updated, Seamonkey would need an update too. Well, tonight I got a notice from Seamonkey has an update available:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/know...amonkey20.html

Version 2.04 is now available.

catkin 04-02-2010 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob (Post 3919543)
Check the ChangeLog.txt in a few minutes, Firefox update will be in there as well as some other niceties.

After upgrading 13.0 today, Firefox is at 3.6.2 but Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Release Notes say "Firefox 3.6.3 fixes a critical security issue ... bug 555109" so we are not in the clear yet. Bug 555109 is not visible even after logging in to Mozilla's Bugzilla so it's not possible to assess the risk or consider workarounds.

BrZ 04-02-2010 01:48 PM

The source for 3.6.3 was released today...

Lufbery 04-04-2010 08:55 PM

Well, darn. So now we start waiting for Firefox 3.6.3 . . .

For those that celebrate it, I hope everyone had a very nice Easter holiday. I certainly did not expect a lot of development/packaging to happen this weekend. :)

brianL 04-05-2010 07:09 AM

Updated to FF 3.6.3 (and the rest) from tds mirror now.

catkin 04-05-2010 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianL (Post 3924737)
Updated to FF 3.6.3 (and the rest) from tds mirror now.

tds mirror?

brianL 04-05-2010 07:16 AM

This one, in the US:
http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/

I used to use a UK mirror, but they were always 2 days behind with updates.

GazL 04-05-2010 09:07 AM

I use mirrorservice.org which is uk based. They sync daily.

brianL 04-05-2010 09:21 AM

That was the one I used to use. Strange, they always seemed to be 2 to 3 days behind some of the other mirrors. Maybe things have improved.

GazL 04-05-2010 09:29 AM

Time zone can be a factor. If Pat posts updates early morning US time then they might be too late for the daily sync and not turn up till the following day. I've never had to wait more than 1 day though.

My ISP virignmedia have their own mirror, but I've found that one highly unreliable.

brianL 04-05-2010 09:35 AM

I might give mirrorservice another try for the next updates.


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