Bug ID | 1056953 |
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Summary | Firefox version is wrong |
Classification | openSUSE |
Product | openSUSE Tumbleweed |
Version | Current |
Hardware | All |
OS | Other |
Status | NEW |
Severity | Major |
Priority | P5 - None |
Component | Firefox |
Assignee | bnc-team-mozilla@forge.provo.novell.com |
Reporter | chris@twoten.is |
QA Contact | qa-bugs@suse.de |
Found By | --- |
Blocker | --- |
Tumbleweed is a rolling release, bringing latest versions of *all* software included. Except now Firefox, because (according to Reddit) i586. I have some fairly old computers, including Atom netbooks; none of them are i586 only. I had a Via C3 in an MPD system, it died of old age last year. If you still had a running system which was i586, it must be because it's performing a specific service - so why on earth would you be running a rolling distro on it? Sure you'd run a long term distro. Given Firefox ESR with i586 support is gone in 8 months anyway, holding onto to i586 support makes little sense. There seems 2 ways forward; either Firefox stops being the default browser (and is then available as the latest version for those who want it), or i586 support is dropped. Recommendation: that the Tumbleweed default drops i586 support. Genuinely interested to hear reasons why a rolling distro would support an EoL CPU architecture - and is support is retained, what happens in June 2018.