[Bug 2078858] Re: Backport llvm-toolchain-16 to focal for firefox

[Amin Bandali]

Changing the request to llvm-toolchain-18 per Zixing's suggestion, with
that rationale that then the newer backported toolchain could be used
for a longer period of time before another newer backport is needed.

** Package changed: llvm-toolchain-16 (Ubuntu) => llvm-toolchain-18
(Ubuntu)

** Summary changed:

- Backport llvm-toolchain-16 to focal for firefox
+ Backport llvm-toolchain-18 to focal for firefox

** Description changed:

  Recent releases of Firefox deb packaged for focal have been failing on
  increasingly more architectures[1] mainly due to the outdated version of
  clang/llvm available on focal (currently llvm-toolchain-13), to the
  point where the current Firefox 130 stable series focal deb package only
  builds successfully on amd64 and all other arches are stuck with older
  vulnerable firefox deb packages.
  
- As such, it would be great if llvm-toolchain-16 or newer would be
- backported to focal (and jammy) so we could hopefully build newer
- releases of Firefox on those arches again.
+ As such, it would be great if llvm-toolchain-18 would be backported to
+ focal (and jammy) so we could hopefully build newer releases of Firefox
+ on those arches again.
  
  [1]
  https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/prereleases/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=&field.series_filter=focal

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Title:
  Backport llvm-toolchain-18 to focal for firefox

Status in llvm-toolchain-18 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Recent releases of Firefox deb packaged for focal have been failing on
  increasingly more architectures[1] mainly due to the outdated version
  of clang/llvm available on focal (currently llvm-toolchain-13), to the
  point where the current Firefox 130 stable series focal deb package
  only builds successfully on amd64 and all other arches are stuck with
  older vulnerable firefox deb packages.

  As such, it would be great if llvm-toolchain-18 would be backported to
  focal (and jammy) so we could hopefully build newer releases of
  Firefox on those arches again.

  [1]
  https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/prereleases/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=&field.series_filter=focal

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