Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 11/07/2018 09:43 PM, local10 wrote: Hi, Is there a way to revert firefox-esr upgrade to version 60 in Buster and install back firefox v 52.9.0? Thanks Here: https://pkgs.org/download/firefox-esr -- Jimmy Johnson Slackware64 14.2 - KDE 4.14.32 - AMD A8-7600 - EXT4 at sda9 Registered Linu

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 09/11/2018 03:53, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: But... bank account STILL does not work... It yelled javascript was not enabled and basically*almost* KICKED me out IMMEDIATELY because it wasn't available. Which led to me sitting here thinking... I THOUGHT javascript was security issue prone to the

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 08 November 2018 12:37:42 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, November 08, 2018 09:53:24 AM Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > > I got... *sigh*... hacked/cracked two weekends ago. "That other > > operating system" that has been running as my dialup modem via a > > networked laptop. Could

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, November 08, 2018 09:53:24 AM Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > I got... *sigh*... hacked/cracked two weekends ago. "That other > operating system" that has been running as my dialup modem via a > networked laptop. Could have come from outside the country, but I'm > leaning toward +1 more that

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:24:57 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: Hello Dan, >believe that they are expert users. And as a consequence, they >don't care one whit about actual security. Not entirely true; They don't care about *customer* security. Their own they do. How well (read:poorly) they manage it is

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Cindy-Sue Causey: > But... bank account STILL does not work... > > It yelled javascript was not enabled and basically *almost* KICKED me > out IMMEDIATELY because it wasn't available. > > Which led to me sitting here thinking... I THOUGHT javascript was > security issue prone to the point folks

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 11/8/18, local10 wrote: > Nov 8, 2018, 4:43 AM by b...@fineby.me.uk: > >> I'm no fan of the move to WE myself, despite the security issues >> claimed(1) to exist with XUL. It's one of the reasons I use Pale Moon. >> > > I was looking into PaleMoon/Basilisk/Waterfox myself but decided not to > p

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 11:26:11AM +0100, local10 wrote: I was looking into PaleMoon/Basilisk/Waterfox myself but decided not to proceed at the time as they are not in the Debian repository. You're much better off using a third-party-sourced browser than sticking with an obsolete & unsupporte

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:26:11 +0100 (CET) local10 wrote: Hello local10, >I was looking into PaleMoon/Basilisk/Waterfox myself but decided not to >proceed at the time as they are not in the Debian repository. IDK what the position is WRT Waterfox, but I don't think Pale Moon or Basilisk are likely

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread local10
Nov 8, 2018, 4:43 AM by b...@fineby.me.uk: > I'm no fan of the move to WE myself, despite the security issues > claimed(1) to exist with XUL. It's one of the reasons I use Pale Moon. > I was looking into PaleMoon/Basilisk/Waterfox myself but decided not to proceed at the time as they are not in

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:15:28 +0100 (CET) local10 wrote: Hello local10, >Some plugins disappeared, some no longer work the way they did (meaning >they now work worse), NoScript freaked me out when I saw what happened That's because of the change from XUL to WE. Some of your extensions will have

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread local10
Nov 8, 2018, 2:55 AM by b...@fineby.me.uk: > Why? Apart from the move from XUL to WE extensions, going back is > simply asking for trouble security-wise. Also, more and more sites will > stop working correctly as v52 gets more out of date. > > That said, to wind back, you set up a new repo as pe

Re: Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 06:43:02 +0100 (CET) local10 wrote: Hello local10, >Is there a way to revert firefox-esr upgrade to version 60 in Buster >and install back firefox v 52.9.0? Why? Apart from the move from XUL to WE extensions, going back is simply asking for trouble security-wise. Also, more

Reverting firefox-esr upgrade in Buster

2018-11-07 Thread local10
Hi, Is there a way to revert firefox-esr upgrade to version 60 in Buster and install back firefox v 52.9.0? Thanks