On 03/16/2009 06:42 AM, Matthijs ten Kate wrote:
> John, thanks for your long reply, I appreciate it. I understand the
> dilemma of not wanting to introduce new bugs into an LTS.
>
> However, I believe these kind of issues show a weakness in the whole LTS
> philosophy, because most code comes from external parties (in this case,
> Mozilla). When they say 'won't fix', it essentially means that the 'S' in LTS
> is becoming less valid.
> Looking at it from an outsiders' perspective, I'd say "So what, it's open
> source, right? Canonical doesn't need Mozilla, they can fix it themselves."
> But in reality, this doesn't happen (perhaps for all the right reasons, but
> from a customer's perspective, it's just sub-optimal support).
>
> If I'm awfully mistaken in this, please let me know. If not, perhaps
> this is something that should be addressed in general.
>
> For now, thanks again for your extensive reply.
>
For more info on why we cant, please see:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
The link above is all about updates to stable versions of Ubuntu.
There is nothing in Ubuntu rules that allows us to do this and i wouldnt
do it anyway for updates.
As for backports we didnt back port firefox-2.0 to Dapper becuase of the
instablity risks that go along with it. I am against back porting this
to Hardy as well.
If you look at the back ports in prior releases you will notice no
Mozilla products due to the size and the bugs that it will introduce.
Its not worth the risk. Please join us on irc in the channel
#ubuntu-mozillateam to discuss this more.
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