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What you want assumes having patches for every version that was ever released in the extreme case. How do you propose not doing so when you have limited resourc
by Xylakant 8y ago
What you want assumes having patches for every version that was ever released in the extreme case. How do you propose not doing so when you have limited resources? Firefox offers an ESR release, you can use that if you want.
- toyg 8y agoWhat? They produced the fix, that’s not the problem. The problem is keeping the delivery mechanism separate from the telemetry/experiments delivery mechanism. Which it clearly was in the past, since FF has been pushing security updates forever. Why it couldn’t be done this time? Is it a sign of things to come? If yes, that is very shady from a privacy perspective and unsound from an engineering perspective.
- Xylakant 8y agoYou can get the fix without telemetry. You just have to wait until the update goes through the update channels, as usual. Going via telemetry just speeds up the process. What you asked for is something different: security updates without feature updates for your chosen release. Forever.