On 03/26/2011 08:42 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> The firefox developers, in their reciprocally infinite wisdom,
> are pushing Firefox 4, which requires libstdc++.so.6 with
> GLIBCXX_3.4.9 .  The available libstdc++.i386 0:4.1.2-50.el5
> RPM contains only GLIBCXX_3.4.8 .  You can read more about it
> here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2075033
>
> The mozillazine moderator helpfully reminds us that our
> distribution, though upgraded late last year, is out of date.
> The moderator needs an attitude adjustment.
I really don't like this kind of moaning. The moderator doesn't need any 
attitude adjustment, he is basically right. Despite the fact that SL5.x 
was updated the last year, it uses the code base, which more than six 
years old. This is FOSS, you get for free lot of software and if you are 
not happy with that you can invest your time and energy and contribute 
to the community.

> So ... what to do?  Perhaps SL4x and SL5x need a mildly hacked
> version of Firefox 4 with the included library.  Adding to the
> maintenance effort for SL, sigh.  Perhaps T.U.V. will do this.
Probably. The problem is that Firefox 4's xulrunner is neither API or 
API compatible with earlier versions.

> Or perhaps the firefox developers should be encouraged (with
> red hot encouragement irons) to support the older library,
> and proper upgrades.  Abandoning millions of Linux users
> who want long term support is ... Microsoft-ish.
No. The number of users using SL5/CentOS5/TUV5 as a primary desktop is 
negligible, surely not millions, especially now when SL6/CentOS6 are out.


Regards

Vaclav M.