http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1053314 Bug ID: 1053314 Summary: Update Tumbleweed to Firefox 55 (and drop i586) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: All OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Firefox Assignee: bnc-team-mozilla@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: dontarius@yahoo.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created attachment 736171 --> http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/attachment.cgi?id=736171&action=edit www.opensuse.org There have been several discussions about Tumbleweed remaining on Firefox 52 ESR due to Tumbleweed's official support of i586. For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/comments/6sdbt8/why_the_hell_firefox_in_tu... https://www.reddit.com/r/openSUSE/comments/6hnx37/is_tumbleweed_going_to_han... In my view (and the majority view as far as I can tell) it makes little sense to have a rolling distribution comprising the latest and greatest software, with the limitation that the software must work on decades old hardware. If support for i586 must be maintained for those who require it, it would be a lot more natural to do so in Leap. For context, the descriptions below are taken from the very top of www.opensuse.org: Tumbleweed: Get the newest Linux packages with our rolling release. Fast! Integrated! Stabilized! Tested! Leap: Get the most complete Linux distribution with openSUSE’s latest regular-release version! The current policy of holding back "the newest Linux packages" in Tumbleweed in order to have Tumbleweed be more "complete" in its support of i586 just appears totally backwards and confused. Especially when the software being held back is as central to today's computing experience as a web browser. Support for Firefox 52 ESR will end in June 2018, so it's only a matter of months before i586 support will need to be dropped anyway. Having a Tumbleweed identity crisis over i586 support will only hurt the distribution in the long run; supporting older hardware really should have been for Leap. It's definitely a policy decision that will impact Tumbleweed's future, and I'm not sure how these decisions typically are made. I've filed this report in hopes of starting the discussion amongst the powers that be. I'm casting my vote for updating to Firefox 55 as soon as possible as this is the only choice consistent with Tumbleweed's raison d'être. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.