[SOLVED] Firefox package maintenance in Slackware?
by czezz from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5H1H2)
On Mon Mar 15 19:37:28 UTC 2021 in Slackware Current ChangeLog, Pat did an announcement regarding Firefox package maintenance.
The summary of the announcement is:
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Question:
What does that actually mean? (stripping off from some functionality?)
I see new Firefox packages still coming for Current but dont understand what has changed.
Side question:
Slackware 14.2 the latest Firefox package is dated on 24-Aug-2020 18:29 and the version is: mozilla-firefox-68.12.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Does it mean Firefox package is unmaintained or considered as secure?
The summary of the announcement is:
Quote:
| (...) At this point, the latest Firefox has no additional dependencies beyond those of the ESR version (...) |
What does that actually mean? (stripping off from some functionality?)
I see new Firefox packages still coming for Current but dont understand what has changed.
Side question:
Slackware 14.2 the latest Firefox package is dated on 24-Aug-2020 18:29 and the version is: mozilla-firefox-68.12.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Does it mean Firefox package is unmaintained or considered as secure?