Comments on: Firefox 3 Download Leaked Early in Ubuntu Hardy http://www.automaticable.com/2008-06-11/firefox-3-download-leaked-early-in-ubuntu-hardy/ adjective: of or pertaining to things that should work but go awry Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-06-11/firefox-3-download-leaked-early-in-ubuntu-hardy/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Scott Wegner Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:26:49 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/?p=301#comment-427 Hmm, it definitely seems peculiar the version strings that they are using though. In the "officially supported" hardy-updates repository, we have: 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 compared with the unsupported pre-release repository, hardy-proposed, which has: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 It seems very misleading on the part of Ubuntu to have such similar package names, with the biggest difference the lack of "rc1" in the tag. Perhaps they were trying a little too hard to be on top of things when the final version is released, and didn't expect RC3 that came out today. But on the other side, it also seems unusual that the Firefox "about" box doesn't have any mention of RC. Nor does running "firefox --version" from the command line. Hmm, it definitely seems peculiar the version strings that they are using though. In the “officially supported” hardy-updates repository, we have:
3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
compared with the unsupported pre-release repository, hardy-proposed, which has:
3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1

It seems very misleading on the part of Ubuntu to have such similar package names, with the biggest difference the lack of “rc1″ in the tag. Perhaps they were trying a little too hard to be on top of things when the final version is released, and didn’t expect RC3 that came out today. But on the other side, it also seems unusual that the Firefox “about” box doesn’t have any mention of RC. Nor does running “firefox –version” from the command line.

]]> By: Asa Dotzler http://www.automaticable.com/2008-06-11/firefox-3-download-leaked-early-in-ubuntu-hardy/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Asa Dotzler Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:40:17 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/?p=301#comment-426 That's Firefox 3 RC1 they're offering -- actually two releases behind Firefox RC3 that you can get directly from Mozilla today. The official release from Mozilla will be happening next Tuesday and you can expect Ubuntu to have an update then or soon after but what you're seeing now is most definitely not Firefox 3 final and it's not even as current as you could be if you got your bits directly from Mozilla. That’s Firefox 3 RC1 they’re offering — actually two releases behind Firefox RC3 that you can get directly from Mozilla today. The official release from Mozilla will be happening next Tuesday and you can expect Ubuntu to have an update then or soon after but what you’re seeing now is most definitely not Firefox 3 final and it’s not even as current as you could be if you got your bits directly from Mozilla.

]]> By: Kyle Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-06-11/firefox-3-download-leaked-early-in-ubuntu-hardy/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Kyle Wegner Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:07:49 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/?p=301#comment-425 Nice find. I am definitely checking this out asap. I wonder if they will pull this since it isn't officially released. Get it while it's hot! Nice find. I am definitely checking this out asap. I wonder if they will pull this since it isn’t officially released. Get it while it’s hot!

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