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Update in the Debian Mozilla Repository

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sej7278
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Re: Update in the Debian Mozilla Repository

#16 Post by sej7278 »

passthejoe wrote:
craigevil wrote:Correct, Icedove is maintained by totally different people, for more info see:
Debian Package Tracking System - icedove - http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/icedove.html
Having Icedove exit http://mozilla.debian.net and enter Backports threw me for a bit. I already had Backports in my sources, so I had to remove my Icedove line that pointed to mozilla.debian.net to get the updates flowing again.

Like all, I'm waiting for Icedove 5.0. I'd also like a working Lightning for Icedove 3.1.x -- every time I try to add it, it kills Icedove until I start in safe mode and rip it out.
icedove is only in backports for squeeze, if you're on wheezy its still from mozilla, and iceowl 1.0b2-5 works with that, it seems its iceweasel thats in backports even for wheezy:

deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release
apt-get install -t squeeze-backports iceweasel

vs.

apt-get install icedove


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Qew
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Re: Update in the Debian Mozilla Repository

#18 Post by Qew »

rent0n wrote:
sej7278 wrote: yes i'm thinking of doing that, gets rid of this debian naming crap then too - i can't even recognise the icons for iceweazel/icedove and whatever they call lightning.

is there any advantage of the debian packages over the tarball's from mozilla?
Yes, they get automatically updated. And that's a big plus.
I already have to manually update a couple of Java apps for computational biology and it reminds me the old Windows days.
The tarball, once installed, does get automatically updated via its own updating system. You can turn notifications and updating off and install it "Windows" style if you want to, but by default it's set up to automatically install updates. Personally, I just use the tarball and let it get on with updating itself (naturally, with my OK after notification of the update). Still, it's good to know that in Debian there is a way to keep up with the rapid release system via apt.

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