"Debian *does* use git snapshots and other pre-releases for some packages, but not for Firefox ESR." - What do you mean?
On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 7:09 PM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 14:53:39 +0100, Joe wrote: > > As far as I > > know, Debian doesn't use beta versions of any software, even in > > unstable, so Firefox itself in unstable is likely to be the same > > Firefox downloaded by thousands of people using other distributions, > > and is no more likely to fail in unstable than anywhere else. > > Debian *does* use git snapshots and other pre-releases for some packages, > but not for Firefox ESR. > > Firefox ESR is taken from the closest thing there is in this world to > an upstream stable release series for a major web browser. I would > worry less about the firefox-esr package in unstable than pretty much > *any* other package, when it comes to upstream bugs. > >
