Mozilla extend funding for its 17 - month - sure-enough Firefox 1.5.0.x web browser until mid - May , citing the need to roll out a plot that will mechanically update user to the newer Version 2.0 before it pulls the support plug .
Even that date look fluky , however , according to selective information posted to Mozilla development wikis .
The company had earlier read thatApril 24 would be the ending appointment for Firefox 1.5.x support — have in mind it would issue no new security updates after that . But whenit put out Version 1.5.11 last calendar month , Mozilla suggest that the final security mend would not make that deadline .
This week , in fact , developer decide todelay that last update , Firefox 1.5.0.12 , because of a higher - than - anticipate figure of bugs wait attention .
Only after 1.5.0.12 appears will Mozilla undertake what it ’s been call Major Updates , an automated raise from 1.5.0.x to 2.0.0.x . Initial testing of the climb , which will update all Firefox 1.5.0.x users who have the browser app ’s machine - updating tool turned on , has been completed . But Mozilla will waitress until after 1.5.0.12 is out before dealing with that upgrade .
“ Major Updates will [ not ] in all likelihood be pushed out after [ 1.5.0.12 ] ships , ” harmonise to billet of a Mozilla meeting held last hebdomad . “ We ’ll gather to discuss why and how we will get there . ”
harmonise to themost recent scheduleon its Web site , Mozilla had nail May 15 as the spill date for 1.5.0.12 ( and a interchangeable security update that bring the newest version to 2.0.0.4 ) . With the delay denote this calendar week , however , that deadline is at jeopardy . A banker’s bill on Mozilla ’s schedule stated , “ Will likely be pushed out , at least by a week . ”
Mozilla has entrust to supporting older software for only six months after the release of a major update . The policy affects not only Firefox , but also theThunderbird e - mail client , which recently careen to Version 2.0 .
