From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:31:58 +1000, noel wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 02 Jan 2026 06:34:35 +0000, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:   
   >> For example, in Slackware 14.2 the last security update of firefox was   
   >> version 68.12.0 in august 2020.   
   >   
   > 14.2 was made EOL by the Pat and his slackware team in January 2024,   
      
   Yes, that was more than 3 years of a provided EOL web browser in   
   Slackware 14.2 without any particular note about that.   
      
   That can be compared with the number of security fixes for mozilla-   
   firefox in Slackware 15.0 which all did fix a number of CVEs, such   
   patches were provided during 2025:   
      
   Tue Dec  9 22:13:59 UTC 2025   
   Tue Nov 11 23:09:47 UTC 2025   
   Tue Oct 14 23:11:49 UTC 2025   
   Tue Sep 23 20:31:08 UTC 2025 (bugfixes only)   
   Wed Sep 17 22:13:56 UTC 2025   
   Tue Aug 19 20:38:59 UTC 2025   
   Tue Jul 22 21:24:21 UTC 2025   
   Tue Jun 24 19:42:23 UTC 2025   
   Tue May 27 18:18:14 UTC 2025   
   Mon May 19 04:19:58 UTC 2025   
   Tue Apr 29 21:28:00 UTC 2025   
   Wed Apr  2 02:25:57 UTC 2025   
   Tue Mar  4 19:37:20 UTC 2025   
   Tue Feb  4 19:19:28 UTC 2025   
   Wed Jan  8 23:26:27 UTC 2025   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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