[CentOS] Firefox esr repackage

[Nux!]

No, it's the "price" we "pay" for using EL.

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Matter" <simon.matter at invoca.ch>
> To: "Nux!" <nux at li.nux.ro>
> Cc: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Thursday, 9 May, 2019 09:09:13
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage

>> The price we pay.. :)
> 
> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox packages?
> 
> Regards,
> Simon
> 
>>
>> BTW, Mozilla publishes tarballs that you can simply extract and run (and
>> will self-update), you can use those (it's what I am doing as a workaround
>> in fact until RH catches up):
>> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/60.6.3esr/linux-x86_64/
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
>>> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 17:24:57
>>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
>>
>>>> I was told lately about this workaround, check it out.
>>>> https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/
>>>
>>> The signing thing is a security feature. I don't like a workaround to
>>> disable a security feature instead of fixing it.
>>>
>>> What makes me feel a bit bad is that everybody has fixed versions by
>>> now,
>>> only we enterprise Linux users using the ESR version still don't have
>>> fixed versions available. I don't complain because we usually get very
>>> fast updates, but this time we seem stuck. I can live with it but it's a
>>> bit difficult to explain to our users.
>>>
>>> Did upstream already release new packages?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>>
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
>>>>> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2019 16:50:20
>>>>> Subject: [CentOS] Firefox esr repackage
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone, I use firefox on centos 7 at work but due to the fairly
>>>>> well know
>>>>> extension signing problem, I cannot use ublock origin.
>>>>>
>>>>> From what I can tell, the latest version of firefox in the updates
>>>>> repository is
>>>>> 60.6.1-1.el7.
>>>>> It looks like Mozilla have just released firefox esr 60.6.2 which
>>>>> should
>>>>> fix the
>>>>> signing issue.
>>>>> (see https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/60.6.2/releasenotes/)
>>>>>
>>>>> Would it be possible for someone to pass this message on to someone
>>>>> who
>>>>> can
>>>>> package this, so that users like me can update?
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