On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > On 03/09/2017 07:35 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Yamaban <foerster at lisas.de> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:56, Johnny Hughes <johnny at ...> wrote: > >> > >>> On 03/08/2017 09:39 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth at 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! :) -- Matt Phelps System Administrator, Computation Facility Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics mphelps at cfa.harvard.edu, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu