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The optimizations highlighted in the article are going in to Firefox 8. What would they talk about 6 and 7? 6 and 7 will include other improvements and feature

The optimizations highlighted in the article are going in to Firefox 8. What would they talk about 6 and 7? 6 and 7 will include other improvements and features which can be discussed elsewhere. Mozilla will release a new major version every 6 weeks.

saurik 15y ago
Wait, "will"? We are talking about Firefox 8 in the present tense (with "is"), and yet talking about 6 and 7 in the future (with "will")?!
- jlongster 15y ago
  Are you seriously going to over-analyze specific tenses of words? Each major version will include different features. Stop just trying to distract the conversation.
  - saurik 15y ago
    The "conversation" of this thread started with someone commenting on the fact, seemingly surprised and even bothered, that we are already talking about Firefox 8 when seemingly Firefox 6 and 7 went by so quickly we didn't notice it happening. In this context, it is incredibly relevant that Firefox 6 and 7 are still being described in the future tense, as that would imply that they haven't actually been released yet.
    - nhebb 15y ago
      Versions 6 and 7 haven't been released yet, but the feature sets are locked in due to the faster major version release cycle. The recently discovered memory fragmentation issues (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666058 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666058) and more efficient garbage collection are being addressed in version 8.
      - capnrefsmmat 15y ago
        The bug you linked to will be fixed in version 7, not 8.
  - GrooveStomp 15y ago
    Apparently saurik and I are the only ones confused! I found it very jarring to read that Firefox 6 isn't out yet, but the thread talks as if Firefox 8 is actually out, or very close to being released. In my mind I'm envisioning a weird, staggered, neither increasing nor decreasing of version number release cycle. I think you're coming from a different angle where all of this is very familiar for you, so you can't relate to the confusion some of us other readers have had to deal with.
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saurik 15y ago

Wait, "will"? We are talking about Firefox 8 in the present tense (with "is"), and yet talking about 6 and 7 in the future (with "will")?!

jlongster 15y ago
Are you seriously going to over-analyze specific tenses of words? Each major version will include different features. Stop just trying to distract the conversation.
- saurik 15y ago
  The "conversation" of this thread started with someone commenting on the fact, seemingly surprised and even bothered, that we are already talking about Firefox 8 when seemingly Firefox 6 and 7 went by so quickly we didn't notice it happening. In this context, it is incredibly relevant that Firefox 6 and 7 are still being described in the future tense, as that would imply that they haven't actually been released yet.
  - nhebb 15y ago
    Versions 6 and 7 haven't been released yet, but the feature sets are locked in due to the faster major version release cycle. The recently discovered memory fragmentation issues (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666058 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666058) and more efficient garbage collection are being addressed in version 8.
    - capnrefsmmat 15y ago
      The bug you linked to will be fixed in version 7, not 8.
- GrooveStomp 15y ago
  Apparently saurik and I are the only ones confused! I found it very jarring to read that Firefox 6 isn't out yet, but the thread talks as if Firefox 8 is actually out, or very close to being released. In my mind I'm envisioning a weird, staggered, neither increasing nor decreasing of version number release cycle. I think you're coming from a different angle where all of this is very familiar for you, so you can't relate to the confusion some of us other readers have had to deal with.
  - deleted 15y ago
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