[OpenIndiana-discuss] abandoned support for OpenOffice, Miozilla Firefox, Adobe Flash, etc.

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

On 02/10/13 11:03 AM, cpforum wrote:
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>> Message du 10/02/13 05:03
>> De : "Ian Collins"
>> A : "Discussion list for OpenIndiana"
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>> Objet : Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] abandoned support for OpenOffice, Miozilla Firefox, Adobe Flash, etc.
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>> jlane59 at cox.net wrote:
>>> For your consideration:
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>>> Support for several programs that I really enjoy has been
>>> discontinued for the OpenSolaris / OpenIndiana platforms. It won't
>>> be long before FireFox 3.6.12 becomes unacceptably obsolete ... and
>>> OpenOffice 3.1.0 ... and Thunderbird 3.2.4 ... and Adobe Flash ...
>>> and ?? The unfortunate result is that with no continuing support from
>>> software providers, OpenIndiana is gradually drifting toward
>>> obsolescence.
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>> What's wrong with contrib releases on
>> http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases
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> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ is a better link. Solaris is in the contrib directory.
> This link offers for exemple 17.0.2esr or 18.0.1 releases (no esr with http link).
> I agree that not offering an up todate release inside openindiana IPS (there is no need
> to update local language with ESR releases) makes it not very user friendly.

It may be advisable to stick to the 17.xESR release, as
the 18.x branch is heavily broken.