[CentOS] Firefox 60 crashes when trying to save an image [OT]

[Johnny Hughes]

On 07/17/2018 05:51 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On 07/15/2018 03:00 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS <centos at centos.org
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 15.07.2018 um 20:03 schrieb Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>:
>>>>
>>>> Le 15/07/2018 à 19:49, Matthew Phelps a écrit :
>>>>> This is a known issue. See
>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596852 for a patch to the
>>>>> /usr/bin/firefox wrapper script.
>>>>
>>>> On a side note, I've been using Firefox since version 0.99 around 2003,
>>>> when it wasn't even called Firefox but something like Firebird or
>>> Phoenix.
>>>
>>>
>>> Netscape? :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've tested this new version, and I'm seriously considering moving to a
>>>> different browser. Over the years, I have developed a zero tolerance
>>>> policy for applications that have to be potty-trained again at every
>>>> major release.
>>>
>>> Why not directing this to somewhere under https://lists.mozilla.org/
>>> listinfo ?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Now I'm hesitating between Seamonkey browser + mail or the
>>>> Chromium/Thunderbird pair. My only issue is getting Seamonkey mail
>>>> synchronized with my OwnCloud contacts.
>>>
>>> This (tampering) is symptomatic for the current state of linux as a
>>> work-/desktopstation.
> 
>>
>> ​I'm having the same problem as stated in the original thread -- re saving
>> images. BAH!
>>
>> Also, I can't seem to "undo" the fonts FF 60.1 wants to use and I'll
>> invietigate that further at some point.​
>>
>> So far, I am not happy with this new version.
>>
>>
> 
> You would like it even less if you had to build all the toolsets to get
> it to build in the first place :)
> 
> 

The good news seems to be that so far all the bugs found are also
upstream (redhat source) bugs and not introduced by the CentOS build
process .. so they are being worked on upstream.




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