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> I really hope this isn't going to become a standard thing. I think people are starting to realize that you cannot always live on the bleeding edge, even then

by gioele 12y ago

> I really hope this isn't going to become a standard thing. I think people are starting to realize that you cannot always live on the bleeding edge, even then the edge is not that sharp. IIRC Firefox ESRs (extended support releases) do not update automatically. Or they update automatically but only to other infrequent ESRs.

hackuser 12y ago
> IIRC Firefox ESRs (extended support releases) do not update automatically. Or they update automatically but only to other infrequent ESRs. I'm pretty sure you can disable automatic updates in any version of Firefox. In the ESR editions, you certainly can disable them. It's an essential feature -- imagine being the manager of 20,000 desktops when they all auto-update at once, consuming all the bandwidth, simultaneously stopping the work of every employee in the enterprise, creating hundreds or more support calls, and breaking the corporate intranet. And yes, ESR editions update only to other ESR editions.