Firefox moving to 4 week releases

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:55 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #13

lvh wrote: post #3

There's an incidental benefit here. There's at least one system (I think Duo + Okta?) which, when configured to check if your browser is out of date, makes a logic error. It should check if your browser is the most recent, and, if it isn't, if the _new release_ is over N days old. Instead, it checks if your browser is the most recent, and if it isn't, if the _old release_ is over N days old. So, if you run Firefox an…

Must be fun for ESR users, because ESR reports the base version regardless of when it was patched. So ESR 60.9 (released alongside 69, still supported), would look a year out of date.

Post by michaelmrose » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:00 PM UTC

ChrisSD wrote: post #16

ken wrote: post #15

> We’re adjusting our cadence to increase our agility, and bring you new features more quickly. In recent quarters, we’ve had many requests to take features to market sooner. Mozilla has been tweaking their process forever, but all of it is for naught if they don't work on what users want. The latest FF brags "we are shipping a new “New Tab” page experience that connects you to the best of Pocket’s content", while st…

What's broken with keyboard shortcuts?

Post by gorhill » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:04 PM UTC

Mathnerd314 wrote: post #18

muizelaar wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you filed a bug about the resource leaks?

I looked a while ago and it seems to be due to some of the webextensions I have installed, probably uBlock Origin but I can't be sure (28 extensions). Basically some things get cached that don't need to be, and then the cheap 5400rpm disk drive makes the browser stutter swapping between tab content processes. I'm waiting for the hard drive to die so I can justify getting a new SSD or laptop, which I'm pretty sure wil…

Post by twblalock » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:15 PM UTC

JohnFen wrote: post #25

I think this is sad news, but that's because I view the current "rapid release" trend and being, on the whole, a bad thing for everyone. It decreases software quality, decreases stability, and increases hassle and stress for everyone from developers to users.

Post by MrZongle2 » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 6:18 PM UTC

twblalock wrote: post #28

JohnFen wrote: post #25

I think this is sad news, but that's because I view the current "rapid release" trend and being, on the whole, a bad thing for everyone. It decreases software quality, decreases stability, and increases hassle and stress for everyone from developers to users.

A faster release cycle done right mean fewer features are added per release -- you are releasing 4 weeks of engineering work instead of 8 weeks or whatever. This can make bugs less likely if done right. It also makes it a lot easier to react quickly to bugs that do get released, and if you have to roll back you are rolling back fewer new features.