Grant Bowman wrote: > Unfortunately, the official Ubuntu archives don't have FireFox 3.5 > yet. I just talked with asac in #ubuntu-mozillateam to get his and > the team's recommendation. So, as of today the best way to get Jaunty > FF 3.5 is to add a Personal Package Archive (PPA) as described in > asac's blog post.
Yes, they do. Jaunty universe has 3.5 beta. This is the *only* recommended method. There's *no* reason to install it from a PPA in jaunty. The beta will be updated to the final sometime soon, which is the -proposed package finally going through the testing process and being accepted into -updates. So, redact what was previously recommended; the only officially suggested method is to install firefox-3.5 from universe, which will be updated to the final sometime soon (final is in -proposed, once that package is finished testing, it'll be moved to -updates). Just as an aside/disclaimer for those who don't know (since we get this a lot): *-proposed is NOT meant for general human consumption (so don't enable it as a repository). It's a staging area for packages that haven't been tested (sometimes problems slip through the first round of checks), and isn't even always internally consistent--sometimes packages from -proposed depend on versions that haven't made their way into -proposed yet. The latter is by far the most common. Enabling it gives you only a slight peek into the future of -updates, and really is more trouble than it's worth. To summarize: Install firefox-3.5 in universe and wait for the final to come down the pipe (and don't enable -proposed, higher version numbers aren't always better!) Neal Bussett Ubuntu California -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
