On 04/09/2007 02:59 PM, Scott Lockwood wrote:
>
> It's frustrating. I filed the bug, and the response was
that it was
> fixed in Feisty. That's nice and all, but what about
6.06.1 LTS????
> The server I'm using this on is 6.06.1, and I really
don't want to upgrade, since it's running in XEN. :-(
>
6.06 Dapper LTS is frustrating overall because there are
multiple
security issues with the applications that are supported.
For example;
Firefox 1.5x will be going away come April 24 2007 and will
be replaced
by FF 2.x, see:
http://www.mozi
lla.org/news.html#p427
<quote>
20 March 2007
Firefox 2.0.0.3 and Firefox 1.5.0.11 Security and Stability
Update
As part of Mozilla Corporation's ongoing stability and
security update
process, Firefox 1.5.0.11 and Firefox 2.0.0.3 are now
available for
Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download from http://getfirefox.com.
Due to the security fixes, we strongly recommend that all
Firefox users
upgrade to these latest releases.
Note: Firefox 1.5.0.x will be maintained with security and
stability
updates until April 24, 2007. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to
Firefox 2. Firefox 1.5.0.11 is available for download from
http:/
/www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-older.html.
</quote>
Another example is OpenOffice; 6.06 only supports 2.02 which
also has
security issues and the current revision is 2.2. So, you
have your
choice of LTS with severely outdated applications w/security
issues, an
interim mess of 6.10 Edgy, or a 7.04 Feisty beta.
Dapper (6.06) works pretty well if you don't mind not being
able to use
built-in ethernet ports or modems, Edgy 6.10 was a mess on
all of my
systems when it first came out but seems to have settled in,
and Feisty
is looking to be the best so far once the network-manager
application is
purged.
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