Which firefox??

[Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz]

The firefox that I am running is well and truly archaic, and it is
past time to upgrade, although possibly I should wait for a wpi
version of 10.0.12 or 24.8.1. The question is what are the tradeoffs
between currency and stability in an weCS 2.0 environment? I'm looking
at these[1], or sucessors:

firefox-10.0.12.r3.en-US.os2.7
firefox-17.0.11esr.en-us.os2-wpi2.wpi
firefox-24.8.1.en-US.os2.beta_4.zip
firefox-24.8.1.en-us.os2.beta_4_extra_dlls.zip
libc-0_6_6-csd6.wpi
mozsupport-2015-03-15.zip.emn0bkh.partial
mzfntcfgft_runtime-2-5-4.wpi
p7zip-9.20.1-os2.zip
rws08dll.zip

A secondary issue is that I'm not sure of the appropriate Warpsans
file:

wpsub091.zip
wpsus091.zip
wpsu_07.zip

[1] Most of these are prerequisites rather than firefox itself

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[Dave Yeo]

Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
The firefox that I am running is well and truly archaic, and it is
past time to upgrade, although possibly I should wait for a wpi
version of 10.0.12 or 24.8.1. The question is what are the tradeoffs
between currency and stability in an weCS 2.0 environment? I'm looking
firefox-10.0.12.r3.en-US.os2.7
firefox-17.0.11esr.en-us.os2-wpi2.wpi
firefox-24.8.1.en-US.os2.beta_4.zip

There's also
https://bitbucket.org/dryeo/dry-comm-esr24/downloads/firefox-dev-24.8.1b4.en-US.os2.7
which is a 7z file. not as many dependencies and I re-enabled
libsydneyaudio for HTML5 audio. Branded as a developer preview to avoid
confusion with the Bitwise releases.
All the 24.8.1 releases are probably the most stable release we've had
for a long time and are the least out of date.
The latest is also good for marking to load into high memory but without
the patched 106 kernel there can be issues shutting down when marked to
load high.
[...]
Dave

[Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz]

In <551b67cb$0$16727$c3e8da3$***@news.astraweb.com>, on
03/31/2015

Post by Dave Yeo
All the 24.8.1 releases are probably the most stable

OK. Any depednencies other than what I listed?

Post by Dave Yeo
The latest is also good for marking to load into high memory but
without the patched 106 kernel there can be issues shutting down
when marked to load high.

F:\OS2\INSTALL\SYSLEVEL.ECS
eComStation Operating System
Version 2.00 Component ID 5639A6101
Type 0C
Current CSD level: XR0C004
Prior CSD level: XR04503

F:\OS2\INSTALL\SYSLEVEL.FPK
OS/2 Convenience Package Service Level
Version 1.00 Component ID 566933010
Type Fixpak
Current CSD level: XR0C004
Prior CSD level: XR0C004

F:\OS2\INSTALL\SYSLEVEL.OS2
Convenience Package - OS/2 Warp 4 Base
Operating System
Version 4.52 Component ID 5639A6101
Type 0C
Current CSD level: XR0C004
Prior CSD level: XR04503

Does the above inlude the patch? If not, what download or eCS release
has it? Thanks.


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[Dave Yeo]

Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
03/31/2015

Post by Dave Yeo
All the 24.8.1 releases are probably the most stable

OK. Any depednencies other than what I listed?

You need to finish the mozsupport-2015-03-15 download, and you need
gcc1.dll which i packaged with moz_required_dlls_v1.zip (hobbes). I
think that's it. You also need a means of marking the DLLs to laod high
if you choose to.

Post by Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz

Post by Dave Yeo
The latest is also good for marking to load into high memory but
without the patched 106 kernel there can be issues shutting down
when marked to load high.

F:\OS2\INSTALL\SYSLEVEL.ECS
eComStation Operating System
Version 2.00 Component ID 5639A6101
Type 0C
Current CSD level: XR0C004
Prior CSD level: XR04503

As far as I know it is only available with eCS 2.2 betas (I got it with
2.2b2). I was using 105 with the DLLs loaded high without too many
problems but once in a while the system would get funky when closing SM.
Depending on how heavily you use FF you may be happy without it loading
into high memory
Dave