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Wed, 27 Apr 2016 05:55:09 +0100
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:

> As to which minor versions are current, it may be about to get simpler as
> [log in to unmask]" target="_blank">https:[log in to unmask]
> suggests that we should see 38.8 esr and 45.1 esr from Mozilla tomorrow 
> (Tuesday 26th April).

I see Firefox 45.1.0 ESR in the SL repo this morning
(and the repomd.xml file timestamp is to be in order
so it installed fine for me :-)

> In my experience of previous Firefox ESR major releases,
> Red Hat stay with the older supported version as long as possible,
> ie until a security update is released for the new version,
> but not for the old version.
> I'd expect Red Hat to stay with Firefox ESR 38 until mainline 47.0.1 is 
> released.

I'm pleasantly surprised.

Thanks Pat et al.

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