[luau] Moz 1.6

[Warren Togami]

Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
> Tom_Gordon/RISE/HIDOE at notes.k12.hi.us wrote:
> 
>> I don't get it, you can put Mozilla anywhere in any OS.  What is it 
>> windows can't do?
>>
>>
>>
>> For the newest version of Moz, I install it locally in my home 
>> directory.  (Try to do that in Windows???  Ha!)
>>  
>>
> 
> This is an unfortunate out of the context quote. One of the advantages 
> of Linux, vis-a-vis Windows, is that you can install multiple 
> compilations of the same program locally, in lieu of or in addition to a 
> system-wide version that is installed via RPM. Properly exploited, this 
> can make system administration safer and much more convenient.
> 
> In case anyone is paying attention: (1) Has anyone routinely been doing 
> converting RPMs to TARs? (2) Does anyone know how fast or slow user 
> programs (such as Moz, OOo, KDE, etc) are updated in RHEL3?

It is a policy of RHEL maintenance that they NEVER upgrade versions 
unless there are extreme circumstances.  They will always backport 
security fixes to the versions shipping in RHEL.  That being said, 
nothing stops you from upgrading yourself to RPMS from mozilla.org, or 
rebuilding the rawhide RPMS, but you lose support on those packages if 
you do so.

mozilla-1.6 hit rawhide 2 days ago.  I suspect rebuilding the SRPM is 
trivial on RHEL 3.  You may want to look at RHEL3 U1 released yesterday 
too.  It has installable media.

I realize this may sound like a harsh policy, but this adds another 
"type" of stability to the system: predictability.  By not upgrading 
version, behavior does not change either.  I didn't make the rules 
though... and I could actually be wrong about these rules.

> 
> The reason for Question (2) is that one of the key desktop application 
> programs, Win4Lin, has not been upgraded to work with RHEL3. This has 
> stopped me from considering RHEL3. wayne
> 

This is Win4Lin's problem...

Warren