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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Firefox ESR EOL
From:       Kushal Kumaran <kushal () locationd ! net>
Date:       2021-12-21 1:06:56
Message-ID: 87a6gudavj.fsf () locationd ! net
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On Thu, Dec 09 2021 at 10:12:18 AM, piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I noticed that Debian Stable uses Firefox ESR 78.15.0, which is final
> update of 78 series. All further updates go to Firefox ESR 91, as
> Mozilla page says:
> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/78.15.0/releasenotes
>
> "Version 78.15.0, first offered to ESR channel users on October 5, 2021
> This is the final planned ESR78 release. Eligible users will be
> automatically updated to the ESR91 release on November 2."
>
> Since 2 November, Firefox 78 is EOL and we all should upgrade. I use
> Debian Bullseye on several of my computers, and they all are on ESR 78.
>
> Firefox 91 should migrate to Stable as soon as possible, otherwise we
> risk unpatched security vulnerabilities being present in Debian Stable,
> there are several of them already.
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/firefox-esr
>
> Is there any remedy for this?
>

As of a day ago, Firefox 91 is now in stable.  My thanks to the
maintainers of the firefox debian packages and the build toolchains for
working on this.

-- 
regards,
kushal

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