I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
Am 08.03.2017 um 15:40 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
Seems that 52 will be the next ESR version (June 2017).
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/
-- LF
On 03/08/2017 09:07 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
Am 08.03.2017 um 15:40 schrieb Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org:
I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
Seems that 52 will be the next ESR version (June 2017).
It is currently also the main version for Linux .. at least that is what the main firefox site wanted me to upgrade to.
Hi, Johnny,
Johnny Hughes wrote:
I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
In your testing, you might test the situation I posted yesterday: CentOS 7.3, current firefox, most recent flash-plugin (1 Mar). In one tab, using noscript, I enabled youtube and googlevideo. It affected a *separate* firefox window, opened from the firefox file menu. The video played, and went to play something else. I closed the tab, which is the *only* place that youtube was enabled. Instead, it kept playing. I actually shut down firefox altogether... and it kept playing. It didn't stop until I brought up firefox again, opened the original tab, and disabled youtube there. *Then*, and only then, did it stop playing.
mark
On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Hi, Johnny,
Johnny Hughes wrote:
I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
In your testing, you might test the situation I posted yesterday: CentOS 7.3, current firefox, most recent flash-plugin (1 Mar). In one tab, using noscript, I enabled youtube and googlevideo. It affected a *separate* firefox window, opened from the firefox file menu. The video played, and went to play something else. I closed the tab, which is the *only* place that youtube was enabled. Instead, it kept playing. I actually shut down firefox altogether... and it kept playing. It didn't stop until I brought up firefox again, opened the original tab, and disabled youtube there. *Then*, and only then, did it stop playing.
My only testing makes sure it works like the one in RHEL .. We don't make technical changes to our RPMs.
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Hi, Johnny,
Johnny Hughes wrote:
I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
Does anyone know if ESR 52.x will eventually be released for CentOS 6?
On 03/08/2017 09:39 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Hi, Johnny,
Johnny Hughes wrote:
I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
Does anyone know if ESR 52.x will eventually be released for CentOS 6?
I am sure it will, certainly when version 45 goes EOL.
The variables and content to build it on EL6 are in the current EL7 SRPM, but the EL5 stuff is (understandably, since it is going EOL soon) missing.
What I am not sure of is if EL7 will stay on the Current Release for the next update or if it will shift back to ESR.
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:56, Johnny Hughes <johnny@...> wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:39 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote:
I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
Does anyone know if ESR 52.x will eventually be released for CentOS 6?
I am sure it will, certainly when version 45 goes EOL.
The variables and content to build it on EL6 are in the current EL7 SRPM, but the EL5 stuff is (understandably, since it is going EOL soon) missing.
What I am not sure of is if EL7 will stay on the Current Release for the next update or if it will shift back to ESR.
Eh?? There is a slight misunderstanding here.
The Firefox 52.0 Version is released for BOTH, the normal release channel AND the ESR channel. This was done to have one 6 week periode of overlapp between the old and the new ESR version, to "ease over" the transistion, as the 52 version insists on GKT3 and gstreamer 1.x normally.
At this point in time there are TWO ESR releases: the 45.8.0esr AND the 52.0esr
http://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/45.8.0esr/lin... (Last-Modified: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:34:18 GMT)
and:
http://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/52.0esr/linux... (Last-Modified: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:32:42 GMT)
So, if you go for 52, make sure the get the "channel" right (esr, not release)
Pure personal opinion on 52 is still out, I'm not that hyped, some of my 'beloved' extensions / addons are no longer working on 52 vs 45.
- Yamaban.
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Yamaban foerster@lisas.de wrote:
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:56, Johnny Hughes <johnny@...> wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:39 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote:
I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) to the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and EL6 at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
EL7: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
EL5 and EL6: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they are not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
Does anyone know if ESR 52.x will eventually be released for CentOS 6?
I am sure it will, certainly when version 45 goes EOL.
The variables and content to build it on EL6 are in the current EL7 SRPM, but the EL5 stuff is (understandably, since it is going EOL soon) missing.
What I am not sure of is if EL7 will stay on the Current Release for the next update or if it will shift back to ESR.
Eh?? There is a slight misunderstanding here.
The Firefox 52.0 Version is released for BOTH, the normal release channel AND the ESR channel. This was done to have one 6 week periode of overlapp between the old and the new ESR version, to "ease over" the transistion, as the 52 version insists on GKT3 and gstreamer 1.x normally.
(snip)
This is the point that worries me. If ESR 52.x requires GTK3, then how can it be supported on CentOS 6?
On 03/09/2017 07:35 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Yamaban foerster@lisas.de wrote:
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:56, Johnny Hughes <johnny@...> wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:39 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote:
> I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have noticed > that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree (45.8) > to > the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and > EL6 > at the ESR level (45.8.0-2). > > EL7: > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html > > EL5 and EL6: > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html > > As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they > are > not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes. >
Does anyone know if ESR 52.x will eventually be released for CentOS 6?
I am sure it will, certainly when version 45 goes EOL.
The variables and content to build it on EL6 are in the current EL7 SRPM, but the EL5 stuff is (understandably, since it is going EOL soon) missing.
What I am not sure of is if EL7 will stay on the Current Release for the next update or if it will shift back to ESR.
Eh?? There is a slight misunderstanding here.
The Firefox 52.0 Version is released for BOTH, the normal release channel AND the ESR channel. This was done to have one 6 week periode of overlapp between the old and the new ESR version, to "ease over" the transistion, as the 52 version insists on GKT3 and gstreamer 1.x normally.
(snip)
This is the point that worries me. If ESR 52.x requires GTK3, then how can it be supported on CentOS 6?
They will include it and build it as part of firefox. They already build and use a new gcc (4.8) and other new things (binutils, yasm) in EL6 to build the current firefox there.
I'm sure they will add in things they need and include them in the built RPMs as required.
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 03/09/2017 07:35 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Yamaban foerster@lisas.de wrote:
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:56, Johnny Hughes <johnny@...> wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:39 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
> Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have
noticed
>> that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree
(45.8)
>> to >> the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and >> EL6 >> at the ESR level (45.8.0-2). >> >> EL7: >> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html >> >> EL5 and EL6: >> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html >> >> As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they >> are >> not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes. >> >
Does anyone know if ESR 52.x will eventually be released for CentOS 6?
I am sure it will, certainly when version 45 goes EOL.
The variables and content to build it on EL6 are in the current EL7 SRPM, but the EL5 stuff is (understandably, since it is going EOL soon) missing.
What I am not sure of is if EL7 will stay on the Current Release for
the
next update or if it will shift back to ESR.
Eh?? There is a slight misunderstanding here.
The Firefox 52.0 Version is released for BOTH, the normal release
channel
AND the ESR channel. This was done to have one 6 week periode of
overlapp
between the old and the new ESR version, to "ease over" the transistion, as the 52 version insists on GKT3 and gstreamer 1.x normally.
(snip)
This is the point that worries me. If ESR 52.x requires GTK3, then how
can
it be supported on CentOS 6?
They will include it and build it as part of firefox. They already build and use a new gcc (4.8) and other new things (binutils, yasm) in EL6 to build the current firefox there.
I'm sure they will add in things they need and include them in the built RPMs as required.
OK, thanks for reassuring me! :)
On 03/09/2017 09:01 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
On 03/09/2017 07:35 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Yamaban foerster@lisas.de wrote:
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:56, Johnny Hughes <johnny@...> wrote:
On 03/08/2017 09:39 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
> On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote: > >> Johnny Hughes wrote: >> >>> I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have
noticed
>>> that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree
(45.8)
>>> to >>> the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and >>> EL6 >>> at the ESR level (45.8.0-2). >>> >>> EL7: >>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html >>> >>> EL5 and EL6: >>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html >>> >>> As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they >>> are >>> not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes. >>> >> Does anyone know if ESR 52.x will eventually be released for CentOS 6?
I am sure it will, certainly when version 45 goes EOL.
The variables and content to build it on EL6 are in the current EL7 SRPM, but the EL5 stuff is (understandably, since it is going EOL soon) missing.
What I am not sure of is if EL7 will stay on the Current Release for
the
next update or if it will shift back to ESR.
Eh?? There is a slight misunderstanding here.
The Firefox 52.0 Version is released for BOTH, the normal release
channel
AND the ESR channel. This was done to have one 6 week periode of
overlapp
between the old and the new ESR version, to "ease over" the transistion, as the 52 version insists on GKT3 and gstreamer 1.x normally.
(snip)
This is the point that worries me. If ESR 52.x requires GTK3, then how
can
it be supported on CentOS 6?
They will include it and build it as part of firefox. They already build and use a new gcc (4.8) and other new things (binutils, yasm) in EL6 to build the current firefox there.
I'm sure they will add in things they need and include them in the built RPMs as required.
OK, thanks for reassuring me! :)
For the record, I just checked and the released SRPM for EL7 has the proper variables and sources and actually builds on EL6. It uses gtk2 from el6 to build.
They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be released during the next cycle.
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
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. .
For the record, I just checked and the released SRPM for EL7 has the proper variables and sources and actually builds on EL6. It uses gtk2 from el6 to build.
They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be released during the next cycle.
Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release:
RHSA-2017:1104 Critical: firefox security update
Summary:
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR.
Hello Phelps,,
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:18:28 -0400 "Phelps, Matthew" mphelps@cfa.harvard.edu wrote:
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:
For the record, I just checked and the released SRPM for EL7 has the proper variables and sources and actually builds on EL6. It uses gtk2 from el6 to build.
They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be released during the next cycle.
Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release:
RHSA-2017:1104 Critical: firefox security update
Summary:
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR.
Sorry for jumping into this topic from nowhere.. does this mean that we could get a Firefox v52 running on a CentOS 6?
Regards,
wwp wrote:
They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be released during the next cycle.
Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release:
This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR.
Sorry for jumping into this topic from nowhere.. does this mean that we could get a Firefox v52 running on a CentOS 6?
Yes, not 'could' but 'will' ...
James Pearson
Hello James,
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:06:59 +0000 James Pearson james-p@moving-picture.com wrote:
wwp wrote:
They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be released during the next cycle.
Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release:
This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR.
Sorry for jumping into this topic from nowhere.. does this mean that we could get a Firefox v52 running on a CentOS 6?
Yes, not 'could' but 'will' ...
Hah. Good news!
Regards,
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:12:17 +0200 wwp subscript@free.fr wrote:
Hello James,
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:06:59 +0000 James Pearson james-p@moving-picture.com wrote:
wwp wrote:
They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be released during the next cycle.
Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release:
This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR.
Sorry for jumping into this topic from nowhere.. does this mean that we could get a Firefox v52 running on a CentOS 6?
Yes, not 'could' but 'will' ...
Hah. Good news!
In fact, not really good news. Firefox 52 is damn slow compared to 45. Every major upgrade shows a slower Firefox, what's wrong w/ it?
Regards,
On 04/20/2017 09:06 AM, James Pearson wrote:
wwp wrote:
They obviously felt more comfortable instead released the older one on EL6 this cycle, but I suspect that the newer 52.x ESR version will be released during the next cycle.
Indeed, the latest RHEL 6 update for firefox is the 52.1.0 ESR release:
This update upgrades Firefox to version 52.1.0 ESR.
Sorry for jumping into this topic from nowhere.. does this mean that we could get a Firefox v52 running on a CentOS 6?
Yes, not 'could' but 'will' ...
Right, that version is out there now for CentOS and it installs and passes our CI testing, here is the latest run for this firefox:
On 03/09/2017 05:46 AM, James Pearson wrote:
Johnny Hughes wrote:
What I am not sure of is if EL7 will stay on the Current Release for the next update or if it will shift back to ESR.
Not quite sure what you mean - the current EL7 firefox 52.0 uses the Mozilla Firefox 52.0 ESR source ...
Right .. Mozilla released 52.0 as ESR and Mainline at the same time. I didn't realize they did it that way.
Red Hat moved EL7 to 52.0 and kept EL6 and EL5 back at 45.8.0 .. both are now active ESR releases by Mozilla.
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