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Re: Firefox Software Update
From: "Kurt Seifried" <bt () seifried org>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:27:42 -0700
It appears that there is a problem with the Firefox Software Update, at least in Firefox 1.0 on Windows and Mac OS X.
Someone from Mozilla Org has stated that the automated updates will not be enabled for sometime since they do not have the infrastructure to support it yet. Try to remember, Firefox went from <1 million to >10 million installs in a few months. The amount of infrastructure needed to support even a fraction of those users updating automatically is significant. You can upgrade manually (i.e. download and install it from www.getfirefox.com which directs to the appropriate URL on the mozilla.org website). Or you can wait for them to enable the 1.0.1 automated update.
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007609.html"We're still working on some with the application update infrastructure and the installer so for the first few days, we'll only be offering the release via full download at the website and then turning on the automatic update system hopefully sometime next week."
In future it sounds like they will have automatic updates enabled as they come out, which isn't to bad. Try to remember folks, this is FREE (as in beer and speech) software supported by.. well... not the majority of end users (i.e. Microsoft gets paid for each copy of IE, through Windows sales, Firefox does not).
As for bugs in bugzilla, it's OpenSource, you can take a look and fix them, or pay a developer so they have more time to code fixes for a piece of software you depend upon (but are not willing to support in any manner).
Kurt Seifried, kurt () seifried org A15B BEE5 B391 B9AD B0EF AEB0 AD63 0B4E AD56 E574 http://seifried.org/security/
Current thread:
- Firefox Software Update Kai Howells (Feb 28)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Michael Hampton (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Stan Bubrouski (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Matt Venzke (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Beau Henderson (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Adam Kane (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Kai Howells (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Gilles DEMARTY (Mar 02)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Kai Howells (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Kurt Seifried (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Rainer Duffner (Mar 01)
- Re: Firefox Software Update Michael Hampton (Mar 01)