Waterfox ESR

[grahamperrin]

I vaguely recalled reading that 56 is an extended support release, but it took me a long time to rediscover where I read it (using search engines, not Reddit, to search Reddit; and so on).

From Waterfox 55 Release (Windows, Mac, Linux and Android) (2017-10-10) – for 55, not 56:

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Short Road Map

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• 56 will remain as ESR version for the foreseeable future, keeping updated with security patches.
• In parallel, …

Suggestions

In no particular order – assuming that 56 is (as planned) an ESR:

• add something to https://www.waterfoxproject.org/blog/waterfox-56.0-release-download
• maybe use ESR branding in the About Waterfox dialogue for all future releases of 56.x
• when the staging site goes live, state the version number that is likely to be the first post-56.x ESR.

Related

PROPOSAL: Please turn Waterfox 56 into an ESR and give us a transition period! : waterfox

When will there be an esr version of waterfox? : waterfox

From https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/comments/7sjykj/firefox_58_released_whats_the_timetable_alex/dt5cjcx/:

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• Utilise (Firefox) 60 ESR as the next base, …
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[Serkan-devel]

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[grahamperrin]

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