Feature changed by: Robert Davies (robopensuse) Feature #312585, revision 5 Title: Iceweasel instead of Firefox openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Leyendecker (openlhag) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: With the new scheme of version numbers at Mozilla (called by myself "the idiot scheme") and the result, that the add-on-developers need to do a major-port every 3-6 months, I think it's necessary to drop Firefox and set Iceweasel instead as default. Use Case: The normal firefox-user will get a more stable ff-release The user will get more add-ons because the Iceweasel is still on the 3.6.x firefox base which gets support. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It would be easier for us to garantee a full time support for Firefox during the whole release cycle of openSUSE 12.1 Discussion: #1: Markus K (kamikazow) (2011-06-28 16:40:31) Someone who calls others an idiot should not act as one himself/herself. Neither Mozilla's classic extension API nor the new default API (aka. Jetpack) change a lot over the releases. For classic extensions the developer usually only has to bump the version number in install.rdf. Additionally: Since Plasma Desktop is the default DE, switching to another non-KDE browser makes no sense. If anything, rekonq or Konqueror+WebKit should be default. The GNOME team could choose a "home grown" browser like Epiphany. #2: Adam Williams (whitemice) (2011-06-28 17:33:10) Firefox is the standard bearer for Open Source browsers; please don't change. I see no reason to be concerned about release numbering; those are just vanity values. The release cycle seems very much the same as used by numerous other projects. + #3: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2011-06-28 18:28:19) + My Add On developers seem to have coped rather well, from 4.0, 4.0.1 to + 5.0. Furthermore this browser series seems to be more stable, with + fewer crashes and restarts to recover sessiosn. + Going back to a re-badged Firefox 3.6 is just out of the question; the + 4.0+ UI strange initially, is simply far better. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312585