On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:17:02 +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote: (...)
> I get frustrated, made my post here and left the problem as it was. A > couple of hours later, while being in terminal and doing something else, > I tried once again > > 'apt-get install -t squeeze-backports iceweasel-release > > and all at a sudden get the iceweasel 5.0 found, downloaded, and > installed. > > What it was? It could be some backports server problem, packages not > uploaded timely, or some discrepancy between backporst and http:// > mozilla.debian.net servers, whatever else. Who knows?.. A lazy (non-updated) repo? > Switching back to Iceweasel 3.5?.. It's not only add-ons. Once you try > versions 4 and 5 you'd never want 3.5 back. Ver. 4, and 5 ever more, are > amazingly fast, leaving way back all predecessors and Google Chrome > (which I do not like anyway). Yes, Firefox/Iceweasel 5 is very good, IMO. > Well, for know I'm fine. However the experience makes me wonder if I'd > like to depend on http://mozilla.debian.net. But then the only > alternative would be to start using Firefox itself. This would be a > pity. I had to remove Iceweasel and Icedove and get those packages from Mozilla site, but I was somehow forced because I'm still with Lenny and here I don't have another options. JFYI, Mozilla packages work also very well and they're very easy to install, even on 64-bits systems :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.07.14.14.40...@gmail.com
