> 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/ > > -- > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > ----- 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 >> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >>> >>> Nux! >>> www.nux.ro >>> >>> ----- 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? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
No, it's the "price" we "pay" for using EL. -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- 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/ >> >> -- >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >> >> Nux! >> www.nux.ro >> >> ----- 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 >>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >>>> >>>> Nux! >>>> www.nux.ro >>>> >>>> ----- 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? >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> CentOS mailing list >>>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote:>> The price we pay.. :) > > Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox packages? > > Regards, > Simon >No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's a priority for them.
> On 09/05/2019 09:09, Simon Matter via CentOS wrote: >>> The price we pay.. :) >> >> Do you say that paying RH customers already received new firefox >> packages? >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> > > No, Red Hat have not yet released any updates for Firefox. I doubt it's > a priority for them.Which makes me believe they don't expect anybody to use RHEL as a desktop system :-( Are there any numbers showing how RHEL is used? That would be interesting. Regards, Simon