Oliver Lupton wrote: > Scott wrote: > >>>I was absolutely blown away by this: >>> >>>The latest official Debian Sarge package for Firefox is for v 1.04! >>>http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/ >>> >>>I'm rather surprised to see this. Why? >>> >>>Firefox is currently @ 1.07 and every "point" release since 1.0 has been >>>due to security issues. > > > Following the link you gave, I get to a file such as > mozilla-firefox_1.0.4-2sarge5_i386.deb, I'm not entirely sure what the > '-2' part means, but the 'sarge5' refers to this being the fifth > security update the the 1.0.4[-2] package.
OK, but they also (logically) have 1.0.3 and 1.0.2 packages before it. So logic would dictate 1.0.5, 1.0.6 and 1.07 following it. I just checked Ubuntu's archive and they have 1.0.7 for their current and all (3) previous distros. And there's no mistaking what version it is: mozilla-firefox_1.0.7-0ubuntu0.0.2_i386.deb Anywho as far as I'm concerned this is moot, I'm not using stable now, nor do I plan to in the figure (unless Debian changes it's policy). If I stick with Debian it will be always be testing/unstable. Oh and why am did I decide to try Debian rather than stick with Ubuntu (in case anyone was wondering)? A) Curiosity B) less compatibility problems with certain packages. If you want full-blown multimedia you have to install some "unofficial" packages that were written for Debian (sometimes they work on Ubuntu, sometimes not). So I figured well why not just try Debian? :-) Forever in search of the (non-existent) "perfect" Linux distro, -- Scott www.angrykeyboarder.com © 2005 angrykeyboarder & Elmer Fudd. All Wights Wesewved
