Re: Recipe for latest release of firefox?

[Christopher Lemmer Webber]

Mark H Weaver writes:

> Hi Christopher,
>
> Christopher Lemmer Webber <address@hidden> writes:
>> Does someone have a recipe, or channel, for the latest release of
>> Firefox?
>>
>> Mark Weaver was doing an amazing job of patching icecat to be up to date
>> on security releases.  Since nobody is doing that work currently, I'm a
>> bit worried about the security of my browsing...
>
> FWIW, I'm still using IceCat 60.9, based on Firefox ESR 60.9, which was
> released at the same time as Firefox ESR 68.1.  Those are the most
> recent upstream ESR releases from Mozilla, so our IceCat package is
> currently up to date.
>
> The next IceCat update will be needed when you see a version number
> newer than 68.1 on the following page:
>
>   https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/
>
> The next update is currently scheduled for October 22, when Firefox 70
> and Firefox 68.2 ESR are due to be released.  Unless an especially
> urgent issue is discovered, leading to an "out of band" release from
> Mozilla, it's likely that no action will be needed until October 22.
>
>       Regards,
>         Mark

Thanks for clarifying, Mark :)