From: dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:31:35 -0400, Adam  wrote:   
      
   > Moe Trin wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   >> , Adam wrote:   
   >   
   > [LSB]   
   >   
   >> This is the reason it's ALWAYS recommended to use apps from your   
   >> distribution/release in preference to other releases or distributions   
   >> never mind (semi-)generic packages offered by authors.   
   >   
   > Always???  Mozilla's own site now has Firefox and Thunderbird 16.x,   
   > while some distro repositories are only up to 10.x, and these are   
   > obviously apps where security and updates are important.   
      
   The distro versions are the extended support release, and are being   
   updated with security and bugfix patches.   
      
   The only difference between 10.x and 16.x is that 16.x includes new   
   features, such as the developers tool bar.  Every time a new feature   
   is added, it adds unknown bugs and possible security holes.   
      
   In addition, each distro ensures the version it distributes works with   
   the version of the required libraries, it distributes.   
      
   There have been several updates where they didn't pass through the qa   
   system on Mageia due to regressions being found, and were replaced   
   with new updates before being released as regular updates.   
      
   So for firefox, thunderbird, VirtualBox, etc., the distro version should   
   be the preferred version, provided the distro is providing the updates   
   in a timely fashion.   
      
   Regards, Dave Hodgins   
      
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