Firefox - new version for repositories?

[paul cooke]

On Tuesday 07 February 2006 06:33, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
> C Hamel wrote:
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> > On Tuesday 07 February 2006 02:15, Tony K. wrote:
> >> Has anyone else noticed that Firefox is unable to block pop ups as
> >> well as it once did?  Are the pop code writers getting better?
> >>
> >> On a similar topic.  Would it be possible to put a more recent version
> >> on the repositories?  Mine shows version 1.0.7.  The Firefox website
> >> shows 1.5 as the most recent.
> >
> > BTW: Complete thread & how-to:
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66563
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> >  ...CH
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> It would not be possible to add it to the repositories. That is not the
> way debian and debian-based distro's work. To use firefox 1.5 you have
> to get dapper or install it manually.
>

or get it added to backports which is what Debian have done... I'm running 
sarge on my other 'puter and I've got firefox 1.5 on it.

I do believe our backports project are having issues with Firefox 1.5 cos it 
effectively requires recompiling and making available a whole slew of other 
gnome programs.
<http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=96595>

|FINAL FINAL FINAL UPDATE:
|
|A backport will not be done for Firefox 1.5 because of compatibility issues
|with introducing a new browser, both to the rest of the Ubuntu Breezy
|platform and to users with heavily customized Firefox setups.  
|
|Those who wish to use Firefox 1.5 are encouraged to download official
|binaries from mozilla.com and unpack them into their home directories -- a
|very simple, pure graphical process.  

that appears to be the Final WORD on the subject...