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Bug 338644 - www-client/firefox-3.6.10 version bump
Summary: www-client/firefox-3.6.10 version bump
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Mozilla Gentoo Team
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: 340633 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2010-09-25 07:47 UTC by Patrizio Bassi
Modified: 2010-10-18 08:30 UTC (History)
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Description Patrizio Bassi 2010-09-25 07:47:46 UTC 
mozilla released version 3.6.10 which addresses a startup crash and Personas Plus compatibility
Comment 1 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-09-25 11:36:16 UTC 
Our firefox-3.6.9-r1 package already has these fixes provided by 3.6.10
Comment 2 Melendro 2010-09-25 16:05:39 UTC 
But firefox-3.6.9-r1 still reports 3.6.9 as its version, which can be a bit confusing for users who know that latest release is 3.6.10
Comment 3 Jory A. Pratt gentoo-dev 2010-09-26 03:44:05 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> But firefox-3.6.9-r1 still reports 3.6.9 as its version, which can be a bit
> confusing for users who know that latest release is 3.6.10
> 

For a two patch change, I can not warrant the user being forced to download 40+M of source code. Most users keep the source code around for a while which makes using two patches on 3.6.9 much more realistic. A simple read of the changelog would have made you aware of what each patch does and been more then efficient in allowing a user to determine that the package is actually 3.6.10.
Comment 4 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-10-12 08:24:58 UTC 
*** Bug 340633 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Michael Buchfink 2010-10-18 08:30:43 UTC 
If you like, you can simply bypass firefox-3.6.9-r1 if you create your own ebuilds xulrunner-1.9.2.10.ebuild and firefox-3.6.10.ebuild in your local repository. A simple copy from xulrunner-1.9.2.9.ebuild and firefox-3.6.9.ebuild worked for me (amd64).

This is the reason why I love to use Gentoo. You are free to do what you want to do.