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minus-squareHouseWolf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoI might be a bit out of the loop but I assumed the LibreWolf team already removes questionable code when building their fork?
minus-squarelemmyreaderlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoYes. My point was that by using Firefox ESR as base the update cycle would be much slower which I would welcome.
minus-squareFisch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoBut what would be the benefit of that?
minus-squarelemmyreaderlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoFirefox ESR is like LTS. It would mean less work for LibreWolf maintainers and less upgrades for the users.
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI find Firefox ESR much more relaxing to use than the version that springs new features and bugs on you randomly throughout the year.
I might be a bit out of the loop but I assumed the LibreWolf team already removes questionable code when building their fork?
Yes. My point was that by using Firefox ESR as base the update cycle would be much slower which I would welcome.
But what would be the benefit of that?
Firefox ESR is like LTS. It would mean less work for LibreWolf maintainers and less upgrades for the users.
I find Firefox ESR much more relaxing to use than the version that springs new features and bugs on you randomly throughout the year.