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Meanwhile debian unstable is still on version 88, there hasn't even been an update to patch the various security vulns.

TonyTrapp 5y ago
Debian is on Firefox 78, which is an official long-term support version (Extended Support Release in Mozilla-speak). The point of those LTS versions is exactly to only contain critical bug fixes and no other changes.
- h_anna_h 5y ago
  Debian stable you mean. I am talking about unstable.
Rd6n6 5y ago
What security vulnerabilities?
- h_anna_h 5y ago
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-2... https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-2... https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-3...
pluc 5y ago
Aren't the firefox upgrades largely in-browser now? I haven't seen firefox even upgraded in the repos but two clicks in Firefox' menu got me the last version.
- h_anna_h 5y ago
  I am not aware of any distribution that does not disable the in-firefox updates.
thristian 5y ago
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firefox https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firefox says that Debian Unstable should have version 90 as of last month. If you're not getting updates, perhaps the mirror you're using is stale?
- h_anna_h 5y ago
  https://packages.debian.org/sid/firefox https://packages.debian.org/sid/firefox disagrees however. Your link is about the source package.
vbernat 5y ago
For unstable, you should currently take Firefox from experimental. I assume, like for previous releases, it will be here by tomorrow. Due to the freeze for Bullseye release, the dependencies to put it in unstable are not present.
dralley 5y ago
Debian unstable isn't really meant to be a fully fledged desktop OS on its own. I mean, yes, it can be. But there are problems like the one you mentioned - around freeze time for the next release the entire update policy dramatically slows down. Personally I'm a big fan of Fedora.
- h_anna_h 5y ago
  I will be moving to nixos.

Debian is on Firefox 78, which is an official long-term support version (Extended Support Release in Mozilla-speak). The point of those LTS versions is exactly to only contain critical bug fixes and no other changes.

h_anna_h 5y ago
Debian stable you mean. I am talking about unstable.

Rd6n6 5y ago

What security vulnerabilities?

h_anna_h 5y ago
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-23/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-2... https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-2... https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-3...

pluc 5y ago

Aren't the firefox upgrades largely in-browser now? I haven't seen firefox even upgraded in the repos but two clicks in Firefox' menu got me the last version.

h_anna_h 5y ago
I am not aware of any distribution that does not disable the in-firefox updates.

thristian 5y ago

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firefox https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firefox says that Debian Unstable should have version 90 as of last month. If you're not getting updates, perhaps the mirror you're using is stale?

h_anna_h 5y ago
https://packages.debian.org/sid/firefox https://packages.debian.org/sid/firefox disagrees however. Your link is about the source package.

vbernat 5y ago

For unstable, you should currently take Firefox from experimental. I assume, like for previous releases, it will be here by tomorrow. Due to the freeze for Bullseye release, the dependencies to put it in unstable are not present.

dralley 5y ago

Debian unstable isn't really meant to be a fully fledged desktop OS on its own. I mean, yes, it can be. But there are problems like the one you mentioned - around freeze time for the next release the entire update policy dramatically slows down. Personally I'm a big fan of Fedora.

h_anna_h 5y ago
I will be moving to nixos.