Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On 8/20/2011 10:36 AM, Robert Kaiser wrote:
> Ron Hunter schrieb:
>> He did, Robert, but you know some others speculate on 'forced updates'
>> for those who cling for life to 3.5 or 3.6. I HOPE he sticks to that
>> because I think a forced update would generate a major backlash.
>
> We will never "force" an update on anyone in terms of installing it even
> if a user set preferences to not install anything automatically. Not
> respecting such a preference would violate what Mozilla stand for (and
> possibly even some laws) and we would never ever do that. Let's make
> this completely clear.
>
> What we usually mean when we talk about "forcing" updates is to install
> them silently for everyone who has automatic updates without any prompts
> activated. I guess the word "force" is somewhat wrong for this.
>
> We will always install updates only if the user has not deactivated
> updates and not enabled prompts for every update, regardless of what
> kind of updates that are.
>
> Robert Kaiser
>
>
If automatic updates are on in the user's UI, then they wouldn't still 
be on 3.6, would they?  In discussions about trying to get everyone on 
the current release, that option DID come up.  I hope it was more in the 
realm of 'wishing it were feasible', than 'thinking it is feasible'. 
There are a LOT of things I would like to do, but wanting to stay free 
for my remaining years prevents that.  I hope no one seriously proposes 
this route.  It would be nice to get everyone on the current version, 
but I think anyone who is realistic understands it is a dream.