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firefox-3.0 package

why can't we have firefox 3.5 update in Ubuntu?

Asked by wkchan99

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Why does Ubuntu blocks off the Firefox update function so that we can have Firefox 3.5?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.13+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #409203.

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wkchan99 (w-chan82) said : 		#1
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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#3

The Check for Updates link is not the proper way to upgrade in Ubuntu. Please see this document:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion

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