On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 03/09/2017 07:35 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Yamaban <foerster@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:56, Johnny Hughes <johnny@...> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 03/08/2017 09:39 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 03/08/2017 09:10 AM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Johnny Hughes wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I am currently building the latest Firefox updates and I have
> noticed
> >>>>>>> that they have upgraded the CentOS-7 Firefox from the ESR tree
> (45.8)
> >>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>> the mainline tree (Currently firefox-52.0). They have left EL5 and
> >>>>>>> EL6
> >>>>>>> at the ESR level (45.8.0-2).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> EL7:
> >>>>>>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0461.html
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> EL5 and EL6:
> >>>>>>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0459.html
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> As stated above, I am currently building and testing these, so they
> >>>>>>> are
> >>>>>>> not yet released .. just preparing people for the changes.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>> Does anyone know if ESR 52.x will eventually be released for CentOS 6?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I am sure it will, certainly when version 45 goes EOL.
> >>>
> >>> The variables and content to build it on EL6 are in the current EL7
> >>> SRPM, but the EL5 stuff is (understandably, since it is going EOL soon)
> >>> missing.
> >>>
> >>> What I am not sure of is if EL7 will stay on the Current Release for
> the
> >>> next update or if it will shift back to ESR.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Eh?? There is a slight misunderstanding here.
> >>
> >> The Firefox 52.0 Version is released for BOTH, the normal release
> channel
> >> AND the ESR channel. This was done to have one 6 week periode of
> overlapp
> >> between the old and the new ESR version, to "ease over" the transistion,
> >> as the 52 version insists on GKT3 and gstreamer 1.x normally.
> >>
> >> (snip)
> >
> > This is the point that worries me. If ESR 52.x requires GTK3, then how
> can
> > it be supported on CentOS 6?
> >
> >
> They will include it and build it as part of firefox. They already
> build and use a new gcc (4.8) and other new things (binutils, yasm) in
> EL6 to build the current firefox there.
>
> I'm sure they will add in things they need and include them in the built
> RPMs as required.
>
>
OK, thanks for reassuring me! :)
--
Matt Phelps
System Administrator, Computation Facility
Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
mphelps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu
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