Why doesn't Firefox from Canonical get updated?

[Chris]

On Sat, 2016-10-22 at 10:49 +0200, Lukas Erlacher wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> According to your signature you are running a long-term support
> release 
> of Ubuntu, which by design skews against frequent updates because of
> the 
> idea that updates very frequently introduce new bugs or even just 
> unwanted changes in functionality. This means updates are typically 
> limited to critical security patches backported onto a version of
> the 
> package that was locked in when the Ubuntu distribution was
> released, 
> with all other patches ignored.
> 
> Ubuntu, at least in LTS versions, tries to perform the service of 
> keeping your software stable and running without any change
> noticeable 
> to you and the tasks you perform.
> 
> Please also note that because package maintenance is largely a
> volunteer 
> effort, there may be delays in updates for anything but the most 
> critical security issues.
> 
> I hope this explanation helps you understand the Ubuntu LTS Update 
> process better!
> 
> Like explained by Francis, you can get "hotter" packages from 
> third-party repos or PPAs if someone has decided to maintain one 
> (sometimes the upstream authors of software decide to run repos 
> themselves, which may be considered if not stable, at least
> trustworthy. 
> Of course, including arbitrary software sources into your Ubuntu 
> installation means you have to make sure they are trustworthy and
> stable 
> yourself.)
> 
> (Disclaimer: I am in no way connected to the people at Canonical / 
> Ubuntu that design, implement and enforce update policies. I'm just
> a 
> user. See below for references that state the official Ubuntu
> policies.)
> 
> Best,
> Luke
> 
> References:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
> 
Hi Lukas, thanks for the above explanation, as a matter of fact I had
an update to Firefox just this morning. I guess I just need to be more
patient and wait for the security fixes to come out when they will.

-- 
Chris
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