Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

Ron Hunter <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:17:31 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.ui
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/21/2011 9:56 AM, Robert Kaiser wrote:
> Ron Hunter schrieb:
>> If something ready, put it in. If it's NOT ready, keep working on it,
>> and wait for the next release/version. I don't see any logic in not
>> including new features until some magic date. If they are ready, include
>> them. I don't see that any particular version/increment really matters
>> as long as bug fixes, security updates, and new features are made
>> available to the users as soon as they are ready.
>
> That's exactly the idea behind the so-called "rapid release" process.
>
> Robert Kaiser
>
Yes, and I am very happy with the rapid release process, but it seems to 
really upset a lot of users.  I think many are still 'shell-shocked' by 
the FF4 release as it had so many changes to the UI, many of which just 
don't make sense to some users.