If all goes well in our testing, tomorrow we'll be releasing the Mozilla 1.7.5 suite of applications. This release is intended to bring the Mozilla suite's rendering capabilities up to speed with Firefox 1.0. The release does not add a lot of new features. If you're using any of the previous 1.7.x releases, you're encouraged to grab 1.7.5 when it comes out to pick up security and stability improvements.
If you'd like to help us test this release before it goes out, you can get the latest testing builds at ftp
Posted by asa at December 16, 2004 04:48 PMWait a minute. If 1.7.5 is coming out tomorrow, why do I have 1.8.5 installed?
Posted by: hemebond on December 16, 2004 09:14 PM"Wait a minute. If 1.7.5 is coming out tomorrow, why do I have 1.8.5 installed?"
You don't :-) We haven't released 1.8 yet so you couldn't have 1.8.5 installed. We've released 1.8 Alpha 5, sometimes abbreviated 1.8a5, but that's an alpha release on the road to 1.8.
--Asa
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on December 16, 2004 09:42 PMActually, I think the whole document.all stuff from Aviary branch ported to 1.7.5 is an important feature. So it's not only security and stability...
Well then, if I have 1.8a5 installed why are you releasing 1.7.5? Shouldn't you be working in 1.8?
Posted by: hemebond on December 17, 2004 01:11 PMhemebond, we're doing both :) I wrote an article some time ago that might have some relevant explanation. http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article2031.html
--Asa
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on December 17, 2004 02:30 PMNow that tomrrow is today... is 1.7.5 still on tap for today, or is it gonna be delayed a bit?
Posted by: txGreg on December 17, 2004 02:43 PMWe're still shooting for today.
--Asa
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on December 17, 2004 04:21 PMI thought point releases only got minor fixes, usually related to security or stability.
Why's Seamonkey 1.7.5 so special?
Posted by: Agagooga on December 18, 2004 02:29 AM