On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 08:56:16AM +0200, Paul Menzel via blfs-dev wrote: > > The upstream Mozilla folks seem to only test with a very narrow subset of > tool chain versions. Maybe we can get them to extend their build matrix to > also test with the latest Rust version in addition to the one, when the > corresponding Firefox ESR release was made. > > Also, I still haven’t found good documentation about the Mozilla Thunderbird > release cycle. It looks like, they only release Betas for the versions > between ESR versions. >
That sums up the cycle - 68.0 is apparently due any day, but the last documentation I could find yesterday was for 68.0b4 which had a number of fairly important issues, so I would not hold my breath. The real problem with rust is that it releases every 6 or 7 weeks, wich means that by the time a previous ESR cycle has ended (I think there is still one more version possible for 60, to give people time to test the changes in 68 : ff ESR is aimed at organizations) there will have been something like 9 newer rust versions. And for mozilla, 'rustup' (i.e. download a new binary) is the preferred way to update rust. ĸen -- This is magic for grown-ups; it has to be hard because we know there's no such thing as a free goblin. -- Pratchett, Stewart & Cohen - The Science of Discworld II -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
