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If the change is so small, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to backport the fix? Don't upgrade firefox (and any dependencies), just fix the bug. It would

If the change is so small, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to backport the fix? Don't upgrade firefox (and any dependencies), just fix the bug. It would be a lot harder if the actual fix was more complicated and a much more complicated diff. Possible that master has diverged sufficiently from their version that backporting the fix would be unreasonable.

celticmusic 7y ago
What I find hilarious is that Rust, our lord and saviour, not only didn't prevent the issue, but is actively hampering the fix.
asveikau 7y ago
That's a good point. Perhaps they don't have deep Firefox expertise and resources to test. Perhaps it's better to let Mozilla decide what gets backported to esr and how to do it.
danieldk 7y ago
If the change is so small, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to backport the fix? Don't upgrade firefox (and any dependencies), just fix the bug. As far as I understand, you cannot call it Firefox anymore if you deviate from upstream (which is understandable, because upstream doesn't want to get bug reports for custom changes): https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/distribution-policy/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/distribu...