I realize that CentOS 4.4 is all about stability but I would still like to install Firefox 2.0 on it, since I am sharing my Firefox project across OSs on a multi-boot machine and the other OSs have Firefox 2.0. Is it possible to get CentOS 4.4 to work properly with Firefox 2.0 and, if so, does anybody know of a CentOS 4.4 repository which has a Firefox 2.0 RPM available.
Edward Diener wrote:
I realize that CentOS 4.4 is all about stability but I would still like to install Firefox 2.0 on it, since I am sharing my Firefox project across OSs on a multi-boot machine and the other OSs have Firefox 2.0. Is it possible to get CentOS 4.4 to work properly with Firefox 2.0 and, if so, does anybody know of a CentOS 4.4 repository which has a Firefox 2.0 RPM available.
open an issue report at http://bugs.centos.org/ against centosplus, and request firefox-2
Wedid ff-1.5 for a while, before upstream dropped it into the base os. And we might be able to do something similar with ff-2.
- KB
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Edward Diener wrote:
I realize that CentOS 4.4 is all about stability but I would still like to install Firefox 2.0 on it, since I am sharing my Firefox project across OSs on a multi-boot machine and the other OSs have Firefox 2.0. Is it possible to get CentOS 4.4 to work properly with Firefox 2.0 and, if so, does anybody know of a CentOS 4.4 repository which has a Firefox 2.0 RPM available.
open an issue report at http://bugs.centos.org/ against centosplus, and request firefox-2
I did that.
Wedid ff-1.5 for a while, before upstream dropped it into the base os. And we might be able to do something similar with ff-2.
That would be helpful not only to me but very probably many other CentOS 4.4 end-users. Thanks !
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 01:06:36AM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Wedid ff-1.5 for a while, before upstream dropped it into the base os. And we might be able to do something similar with ff-2.
I'm not sure it'd be a good idea in this case. Before, upstream was at least maintaining a package in Fedora; this time around, it's being skipped.
Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 01:06:36AM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Wedid ff-1.5 for a while, before upstream dropped it into the base os. And we might be able to do something similar with ff-2.
I'm not sure it'd be a good idea in this case. Before, upstream was at least maintaining a package in Fedora; this time around, it's being skipped.
humm ? no Firefox-2 in Fedora ??? that sounds a bit off to me.
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 11:38:39AM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
humm ? no Firefox-2 in Fedora ??? that sounds a bit off to me.
Basically, Firefox 2 is a marketing exercise.
Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 11:38:39AM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
humm ? no Firefox-2 in Fedora ??? that sounds a bit off to me.
Basically, Firefox 2 is a marketing exercise.
psst psst -> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1582
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:40:48PM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
humm ? no Firefox-2 in Fedora ??? that sounds a bit off to me.
Basically, Firefox 2 is a marketing exercise.
psst psst -> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1582
psst someone is asking for it, psst people want to upgrade on all platforms rather than staying with 1.5 on all platforms, or psst you can install the binaries from upstream?
Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:40:48PM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
humm ? no Firefox-2 in Fedora ??? that sounds a bit off to me.
Basically, Firefox 2 is a marketing exercise.
psst psst -> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1582
psst someone is asking for it, psst people want to upgrade on all platforms rather than staying with 1.5 on all platforms, or psst you can install the binaries from upstream?
psst, can you put comments in the bug trackers, so we can all have that as something to work against :)
thanks for your patience.
- KB
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 04:44:27PM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
psst, can you put comments in the bug trackers, so we can all have that as something to work against :)
Oh, that. :)
On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 21:41 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 01:06:36AM +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Wedid ff-1.5 for a while, before upstream dropped it into the base os. And we might be able to do something similar with ff-2.
I'm not sure it'd be a good idea in this case. Before, upstream was at least maintaining a package in Fedora; this time around, it's being skipped.
I think it is in (/ going to be in) RAWHIDE (or FC development ... whichever term you prefer).
I think the issue is that much of the current FC is being built against FireFox-1.5 so they are not going to change it in a released product. It should be in their next FC though. (This is just my opinion and conjecture ... not to be confused with an official Fedora policy :P)
However, we don't have that issue in CentOS-4 ... as we build against SeaMonkey (mozilla) and not Firefox directly.
I am using firefox-2 on C4 with zero issues (that I can ascertain at this point anyway :P)
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:29:24AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
I'm not sure it'd be a good idea in this case. Before, upstream was at least maintaining a package in Fedora; this time around, it's being skipped.
I think it is in (/ going to be in) RAWHIDE (or FC development ... whichever term you prefer).
Not according to the package maintainer. See http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-October/msg00664.html.
On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 09:28 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 07:29:24AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
I'm not sure it'd be a good idea in this case. Before, upstream was at least maintaining a package in Fedora; this time around, it's being skipped.
I think it is in (/ going to be in) RAWHIDE (or FC development ... whichever term you prefer).
Not according to the package maintainer. See http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2006-October/msg00664.html.
I am with you (it does say that) ... however, there is indeed a firefox-2 rpm for fc7 in RAWHIDE :-P (just so you don't think I am making this stuff up)
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/source/S...
(currently it is this)
firefox-2.0-2.fc7.src.rpm
Will it stay or will it go ... no idea. I can barely speak for CentOS-4, I can certainly not do so for Fedora :P
Thanks, Johnny Hughes
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 05:42:39AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
I am with you (it does say that) ... however, there is indeed a firefox-2 rpm for fc7 in RAWHIDE :-P (just so you don't think I am making this stuff up)
Well, I guess they're allowed to change their minds. :) If it does end up being in FC7, that'd be handy, but otherwise, I'd suggest that you guys have plenty of other places to concentrate your efforts.
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Edward Diener wrote:
I realize that CentOS 4.4 is all about stability but I would still like to install Firefox 2.0 on it, since I am sharing my Firefox project across OSs on a multi-boot machine and the other OSs have Firefox 2.0. Is it possible to get CentOS 4.4 to work properly with Firefox 2.0 and, if so, does anybody know of a CentOS 4.4 repository which has a Firefox 2.0 RPM available.
open an issue report at http://bugs.centos.org/ against centosplus, and request firefox-2
Wedid ff-1.5 for a while, before upstream dropped it into the base os. And we might be able to do something similar with ff-2.
I managed to install Firefox 2.0 from an RPM site on the Internet which said it was for FC4, and it is working fine, so that ticket I filed can be ignored unless the CentOS 4.4 developers want to create an RPM specifically for CentOS 4.4. I don't think I broke anything as the only other package dependency that the installation needed is 'cairo' and I did not notice that in the default CentOS 4.4 repositories, but if I did it is on me and I will definitely not be bothering any of the CentOS 4.4 people about it.
Thanks for your help !
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 07:58:59PM -0500, Edward Diener wrote:
I realize that CentOS 4.4 is all about stability but I would still like to install Firefox 2.0 on it, since I am sharing my Firefox project across OSs on a multi-boot machine and the other OSs have Firefox 2.0. Is it possible to get CentOS 4.4 to work properly with Firefox 2.0 and, if so, does anybody know of a CentOS 4.4 repository which has a Firefox 2.0 RPM available.
Just get the package from mozilla.org and install it someplace separate from the one that comes with centos, like, e.g., /usr/local/firefox.
fredex wrote:
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 07:58:59PM -0500, Edward Diener wrote:
I realize that CentOS 4.4 is all about stability but I would still like to install Firefox 2.0 on it, since I am sharing my Firefox project across OSs on a multi-boot machine and the other OSs have Firefox 2.0. Is it possible to get CentOS 4.4 to work properly with Firefox 2.0 and, if so, does anybody know of a CentOS 4.4 repository which has a Firefox 2.0 RPM available.
Just get the package from mozilla.org and install it someplace separate from the one that comes with centos, like, e.g., /usr/local/firefox.
That's what I did, works no problem. The RPM links to /usr/bin/firefox, so just redo the link, of make a firefox2 link, then you have a choice.
Tom
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