Some bug fixes that may or may not impact K-Meleon.

http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html#seamonkey1.1.15

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/2009 04:59AM by ndebord.

I wonder about FireFox. Is there going to be a FireFox 2.0.0.21? I ask only because Seamonkey put out its bugfix, but I see no comparable FF bugfix for FF2.xxxx

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There won't be any more updates for Firefox 2 ,
and users are urged to change to Firefox 3.0.7 .
Seamonkey will still keep Gecko 1.8.1.x for a while ,
but sooner or later they will also go to use
Gecko 1.9 , which will then make all K-Meleon versions
based on Gecko 1.8.1.x obsolete too, because they
are based on Seamonkey , and it will not be
possible to have security updates anymore.
Then at the latest, a K-Meleon 1.6 , based on
Gecko 1.9 will have to be ready.
Gecko 1.9.x is already in use in the alpha version
Seamonkey 2.0a3 , and also in the derived K-Meleon
experimental versions K-Meleon 1.6 , Hao's CCF ,
and my variation K-MeleonSM2a3.

Fred

Does this indicate from which branch the new grafts were cut?

MFSA 2009-07 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.7)
MFSA 2009-05 XMLHttpRequest allows reading HTTPOnly cookies
MFSA 2009-01 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.6)


p.s. @ Fred, Die jetzigen SM Updates kommen aus 1.9? Richtig? Also dann könnte man u. U. länger.

Zumindest bis ein Teil betroffen ist, der von Mozilla nicht genutzt wird.

Aber wer kann einen Kode warten, kompilieren und sowas an Fixen einpflegen?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2009 08:48AM by guenter.

Das Update fuer K-Meleon-SM2a3 kommt von Seamonkey-2.0a3 ,
Gecko 1.9.1b3pre Datum 20090223 , welches mit den
70er runtimes mfc71.dll, msvcp71.dll und msvcr.dll
arbeitet.
Ich habe das hauptsaechlich darum gemacht, weil diese
Variation mit den 70ern in Linux funktioniert, waehrend
die Versionen mit den 80er runtimes in Linux schlecht
oder gar nicht laufen.
Wenn eine offizielle 1.6 Version auf den 80ern aufbaut,
so glaube ich nicht, dass sie in Linux laufen wuerde,
es sei denn wine wuerde entsprechend weiterentwickelt.
Ich bin leider noch gar nicht soweit, dass ich den Kode
warten und kompilieren koennte. Allerdings sieht es so
aus, als waere K-Meleon-SM2a3 noch fuer eine Weile
updatebar, jedenfalls hoffe ich das persoenlich sehr.
Wenn das auch andern noch nuetzt, umso besser.

Gruesse in den Norden

Fred

Fred, ich zitierte aus der 1.1.15 Info - da sind u.U. 1.9. updates/patches in der 1.8 Gre?
So lese ich das auf jeden Fall. Es könnten natürlich auch Schreibfehler sein.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2009 03:06PM by guenter.

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Fred
There won't be any more updates for Firefox 2 ,
and users are urged to change to Firefox 3.0.7 .
Seamonkey will still keep Gecko 1.8.1.x for a while ,
but sooner or later they will also go to use
Gecko 1.9 , which will then make all K-Meleon versions
based on Gecko 1.8.1.x obsolete too, because they
are based on Seamonkey , and it will not be
possible to have security updates anymore.
Then at the latest, a K-Meleon 1.6 , based on
Gecko 1.9 will have to be ready.
Gecko 1.9.x is already in use in the alpha version
Seamonkey 2.0a3 , and also in the derived K-Meleon
experimental versions K-Meleon 1.6 , Hao's CCF ,
and my variation K-MeleonSM2a3.

Fred

Fred,

Well then, FF2.xx users had better be careful as Seamonkey and now K-Meleon have the latest updates, but FF2 users must (it seems) move NOW to FF3.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/24/2009 12:06AM by ndebord.

Ja, es sieht so aus als würden Teile übernommen.
Aber eben, wer könnte das einfügen ?

Fred

@ ndebord

Seamonkey and K-Meleon can still be used with Gecko 1.8.x ,
because the Seamonkey team still fixes its vulnerabilities,
while this is not the case anymore for Firefox 2 .
Once they stop this for Seamonkey as well, K-Meleon would
have to change to Gecko 1.9 as well. The time is not precisely
known yet.

Fred

Fred,

Yup, we're just going to have to wait and see what Mozilla does and when.


<sigh>

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For the moment I released an UNOFFICIAL UPDATE for K-Meleon 1.5.X to Gecko 1.8.1.21 based in Seamonkey 1.1.15.

I look that there are a K-Meleon 1.5.3 expected and Seamonkey 1.1.16 in Seamonkey "Nightly" builds.

I think Seamonkey will waited to summer for change to trunk 2.0 versions based in Gecko 1.9.x.

K-Meleon in Spanish



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/24/2009 01:03AM by desga2.

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desga2
For the moment I released an UNOFFICIAL UPDATE for K-Meleon 1.5.X to Gecko 1.8.1.21 based in Seamonkey 1.1.15.

I look that there are a K-Meleon 1.5.3 expected and Seamonkey 1.1.16 in Seamonkey "Nightly" builds.

I think Seamonkey will waited to summer for change to trunk 2.0 versions based in Gecko 1.9.x.

Desga2,

Thanks much for the unofficial update for KM 1.5xx. Got it and installed it ASAP. I wonder about a SeaMonkey 1.1.16 as we just had the 1.1.15 update?

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Quote
Fred
There won't be any more updates for Firefox 2 ,
and users are urged to change to Firefox 3.0.7 .
Seamonkey will still keep Gecko 1.8.1.x for a while ,
but sooner or later they will also go to use
Gecko 1.9 , which will then make all K-Meleon versions
based on Gecko 1.8.1.x obsolete too, because they
are based on Seamonkey , and it will not be
possible to have security updates anymore.
Then at the latest, a K-Meleon 1.6 , based on
Gecko 1.9 will have to be ready.
Gecko 1.9.x is already in use in the alpha version
Seamonkey 2.0a3 , and also in the derived K-Meleon
experimental versions K-Meleon 1.6 , Hao's CCF ,
and my variation K-MeleonSM2a3.
Fred

Fred,

I've seen mention of Ubuntu 7.10: firefox 2.0.0.21? Not running Linux here, so wonder about that.

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ndebord
I've seen mention of Ubuntu 7.10: firefox 2.0.0.21? Not running Linux here, so wonder about that.

I think you are wrong, look in DistroWatch.com.
Ubuntu 7.10 include Firefox 2.0.0.6.

K-Meleon in Spanish

Firefox 2.0.0.20 seems to have been the last release
of Firefox 2, although there are still nightlies
of a Firefox 2.0.0.22pre .
Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy is an old Ubuntu version from
october 2007, who will not be supported later than April
2009, that means no new software updates will be
available from the repositories.
The usual life cycle is 1.5 years, while the so-called
LTS versions like 8.04 Hardy are supported for 3 years.
You can of course use the versions longer than that,
if you update them manually yourself, but the danger
is, that libraries which you have to replace, will be
missed by other installed programs, and the system can
become unstable. As long as the version is supported,
you can get automatic updates for every installed program.

Fred

You you can see Firefox 2.0.0.22pre in his nightly.

This continue his developement because Thunderbird 2 continue use Gecko 1.8.1 engine.
You can read it in the Wikipedia and here.

If there is a Thunderbird 2 with 2.0.0.21 engine and there is expected a 2.0.0.22 version with updates to Gecko 1.8.1 engine must exist a way to port Thunderbird 2 engine versions 2.0.0.21 and 22 to Firefox engine.

K-Meleon in Spanish



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2009 06:47PM by desga2.

@ desga2

Thank you for the interesting information.

Fred

desga2,

Much thanks. I had forgotten to look in the nightlies and thanks to you, there it was...

<g>

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desga2
If there is a Thunderbird 2 with 2.0.0.21 engine and there is expected a 2.0.0.22 version with updates to Gecko 1.8.1 engine must exist a way to port Thunderbird 2 engine versions 2.0.0.21 and 22 to Firefox engine.

desga2, Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 is available here.

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desga2
a way to port Thunderbird 2 engine versions 2.0.0.21 and 22 to Firefox engine.

Since when are You interested in FFox?

Compilation of Source like Orca with:

--disable-static

AFAIK gives You most core components as small dll that can update K-Meleon 1.5.x;
but it will still rely on "toolkit" for many functions K-Meleon needs.

You can probably also change compile target to FFox and Suite.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/2009 08:10AM by guenter.

The SeaMonkey Council is aiming to release SeaMonkey 2.0 somewhere during the summer. It could be later, though. They won't ship it until it's done.

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desga2
You you can see Firefox 2.0.0.22pre in his nightly.

This continue his developement because Thunderbird 2 continue use Gecko 1.8.1 engine.
You can read it in the Wikipedia and here.

If there is a Thunderbird 2 with 2.0.0.21 engine and there is expected a 2.0.0.22 version with updates to Gecko 1.8.1 engine must exist a way to port Thunderbird 2 engine versions 2.0.0.21 and 22 to Firefox engine.

desga2,

Well, that worked out nicely. Rather than have an unknown FF association in my windows folders, I first installed the last portable FF2, then installed this so-called bon echo (2.0.0.22pre). I overwrote file versions with a copy program and now have once again an up-to-date Portable FF running as my 4th backup browser.
<g>

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/2009 12:48AM by ndebord.

@BenoitRen - there already are three Alpha versions of Seamonkey 2.0 and the beta1-pre is found on the Nightly builds: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/nightly/latest-trunk/ . I am using the March 24th nightly build and it is entirely stable. Under Vista 64bit, it runs like a mad man. I have yet to have it crash. So, you are probably correct that 2.0 will be out this summer.