Public bug reported: As has been noted in Bug 1697800, Firefox now dies on machines which Ubuntu still supports (i686). This is a critical problem as Firefox was the only modern web browser that did not require the SSE2 extensions and Ubuntu has committed to long term support for machines without SSE2.
While Bug 1697800 is dealing with the urgent matter of Ubuntu systems breaking right now, I'm filing this bug to request a long term solution. According to Mozilla's Support page (https://support.mozilla.org/en- US/kb/your-hardware-no-longer-supported): "The processor requirements of Firefox as distributed by Linux distributions may differ from the processor requirements of Firefox as distributed by Mozilla, so you may be able to obtain an up-to-date version of Firefox that does not require SSE2 from your Linux distribution." I don't know how hard this would be, but could the Ubuntu-Mozilla Team please look into compiling a version of Firefox that does not require SSE2? Thank you. ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1698501 Title: Please package a version of Firefox without SSE2 Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: As has been noted in Bug 1697800, Firefox now dies on machines which Ubuntu still supports (i686). This is a critical problem as Firefox was the only modern web browser that did not require the SSE2 extensions and Ubuntu has committed to long term support for machines without SSE2. While Bug 1697800 is dealing with the urgent matter of Ubuntu systems breaking right now, I'm filing this bug to request a long term solution. According to Mozilla's Support page (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/your-hardware-no-longer- supported): "The processor requirements of Firefox as distributed by Linux distributions may differ from the processor requirements of Firefox as distributed by Mozilla, so you may be able to obtain an up-to-date version of Firefox that does not require SSE2 from your Linux distribution." I don't know how hard this would be, but could the Ubuntu-Mozilla Team please look into compiling a version of Firefox that does not require SSE2? Thank you. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1698501/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
