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Re: Timberwolf Progress Update
« on: August 17, 2011, 09:25:04 PM »
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http://www.amigabounty.net/?function=viewproject&projectid=44

This bounty shall not cover anything beyond the released version, ie. Version 3.6 or later versions of Firefox.
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Eh? From what I see at the amigabounty website describing the Timberwolf project:
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The version to be ported is the most recent 4.0 version including the latest stability fixes. At the time of writing this, the most recent 4.0 version is 4.0.1. Any subsequent stability fix will be applied.

Later versions of Firefox (4.1 and beyond) are not covered by the bounty.


Yea, it's not the latest Firefox for mainstream platforms anymore. But I don't know where you get your 3.6 from. Oh, and,    Last update:20110430 07:59

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but with very small programming knowledge can see that its a bad port, when a working Port can not easy update to newest Version.
normaly once a OS is support, newer version of such a platform portable Software as firefox can compile in newest version by a user with little programming and compiler knowledge.


They never said they would not do continuous updates due to horrendous effort. Maybe they just don't want to guarantee the time for all future updates being tied to this particular bounty. From what I understand of things, the 5 and 6 updates are not really tremendous changes compared to 4. They decided to go 5 instead of 4.n and 6 instead of 4.(n+1) etc. now, and no longer reserve major numbers for truly large changes to the program. I wouldn't expect an update from 4.01 to 6 to be a tremendous effort. If they're able to make 4 at all, then surely they would be capable coders to make 5 and 6 from that. Where has anyone said that the version limit on the bounty as had some time in the past been described in your quote, or as is currently from my quote, been linked to your suggestion that "not easy update to newest version"?
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Re: Timberwolf Progress Update
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2011, 08:29:23 PM »
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Your text stand above, now i see it. but below under "initial release" stand this.so seem this text is forget to modify, because tell the oppusite""


You're right, I hadn't read the whole page, only to the part talking about 4.x. I did not continue to see the later part you quoted that does say 3.6. So the page says two different versions, I think it's easy to understand the first part should replace the talk about 3.x, and that the 3.x part needs updated. I'll bug them about that so everything says the same thing, or at least says that the 3.x part was original plan which has since changed to 4.x at least.

I'm not sure if they've said anything since FF 5 and 6 releases if even more update is perhaps planned or not by Friedens now, I suppose it does make sense to ask them that so the bounty can say the correct thing about it.
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