Thursday, December 10, 2020

Unexpected FPR30 changes because 2020

Well, there were more casualties from the Great Floodgap Power Supply Kablooey of 2020, and one notable additional casualty, because 2020, natch, was my trusty former daily driver Quad G5. Yes, this is the machine that among other tasks builds TenFourFox. The issue is recoverable and I think I can get everything back in order, but due to work and the extent of what appears gone wrong it won't happen before the planned FPR30 release date on December 15 (taking into account it takes about 30 hours to run a complete build cycle).

If you've read this blog for any length of time, you know how much I like to be punctual with releases to parallel mainstream Firefox. However, there have been no reported problems from the beta and there are no major security issues that must be patched immediately, so there's a simple workaround: on Monday night Pacific time the beta will simply become the release. If you're already using the beta, then just keep on using it. Since I was already intending to do a security-only release after FPR30 and I wasn't planning to issue a beta for it anyway, anything left over from FPR30 will get rolled into FPR30 SPR1 and this will give me enough cushion to get the G5 back in working order (or at least dust off the spare) for that release on or about January 26. I'm sure all of you will get over it by then. :)

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8 comments:

  1. NodarkthingsDecember 12, 2020 at 5:44 AM

    Thanks for your dedication, as always! :-) Have a nice (as nice as possible...) end of year! (and best wishes for a speedy G5 recovery! ;-) )

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  2. Wayne SadlerDecember 13, 2020 at 2:09 AM

    Thanks as ever and hope you get your Quad back in service asap!

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  3. Yabe_ukeDecember 13, 2020 at 3:12 AM

    I'm sorry for your Quad G5 :/ I have one, with 16GB of RAM, if it's not too difficult to get the dependencies installed and all, I offer my machine to build it if you're in the need :)

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    1. ClassicHasClassDecember 13, 2020 at 5:18 AM

      Thanks very much for the kind offer, but I have a full spare. It's just a matter of getting everything back together. I appreciate it.

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  4. artphotodudeDecember 13, 2020 at 8:21 PM

    CK: Do you have an XBox 360 laying around? If so, you might have fun with this! http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/connect360-how

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    1. Miles RaymondJanuary 15, 2021 at 1:30 PM

      I'm confused; how does this relate to the article?

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  5. kpDecember 21, 2020 at 1:43 AM

    Happy holidays and a big thank you for all your time and efforts!

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  6. rardinDecember 21, 2020 at 9:18 AM

    I'll second kp's sentiment. I really appreciate all of the thought, effort and care you put into TenFourFox, Cameron. Thanks! Wishing all of us a happier 2021!

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