Re: Update of xulrunner17/firefox17 in freeze period

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 11:45:16PM +0900, Ryo ONODERA wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> From: Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>, Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 
> 23:59:49 +0200
> 
> > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 05:56:44AM +0900, Ryo ONODERA wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> xulrunner17/firefox17-17.0.9 has the following security bux fixes.
> >> xulrunner17 keeps its ABI, but some header file is modified (removed
> >> and added). Then BUILDLINK_API_DEPENDS and BUILDLINK_ABI_DEPENDS
> >> should be changed to 17.0.9.
> >> It seems that its consumers can build with it.
> >> 
> >> xulrunner17 is not leaf package, but I want to update it.
> >> Can I update xulrunner17 and firefox17?
> >> 
> >> The patch is included in this e-mail.
> >> 
> >> Thank you.
> > 
> > Thanks for the heads-up, it is very much appreciated!
> > 
> > Please go ahead, otherwise we'll have to fix it up on the branch
> 
> Update of Mozilla products is done.
> 
> If you have some advice to update them on pkgsrc-2013Q3 branch,
> please reply to
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2013/09/20/msg011995.html .

Thanks for updating these - very useful. I don't have any advice, I
thought Benny's comment was spot-on.

I talked to khorben about LTS and some other issues this weekend, so I
think I know where he wants to go with his plans, but don't want to
speak for him.  What are other distributions doing about long-term
support, and modifications to established packages on the supported
branches?

Thanks,
Alistair