Changes between Version 37 and Version 38 of firefox

Timestamp:

01/09/2020 01:54:52 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

ken@…

Comment:

Update now that 72.0 has been released.

firefox

@@ -68 +68 @@
 nss versions >= 3.44.3 should work, but using the latest is considered safer. 3.44.3 is a recent update to 3.44 released on 19th November 2019, '''Any versions released before that date should not be used, even if the configure tests pass'''
 
-rustc-1.35.0 works and has been tested. 
+rustc-1.35.0 works and has been tested.
 
 sqlite >= 3.28.0 should work, but you are recommended to use the latest version.
 
 
-== Dependencies for the latest release (these details are for 71.0) ==
+== Dependencies for the latest release (these details are for 72.0) ==
 
-This is an attempt to help people who want to keep using the latest upstream release, and will be updated from time to time.
+This is an attempt to help people who want to keep using the latest upstream release, and will be updated from time to time. It is also a store of important changes which will need to be addressed when the book moves to the next ESR version which is expected to be the 78 series in June to August 2020 (depending on when thunderbird is ready!)
 
 ''Importantly, after ff70 ./mach install no longer accepts '--verbose' and errors if it is used.''
 
-For firefox-71.0, the following need to be at least the specified versions:
+For firefox-72.0, the following need to be at least the specified versions:
 
 cbindgen-0.9.1
 
-harfbuzz-2.6.2 (if using the patch, which is in the patches project)
+The parts of the patch for system graphite2 have been dropepd, changes at mozilla mean that some of their new code only compiles if the shipped graphite2 is built.  If using the updated patch for system harfbuzz, harfbuzz needs to be >= 2.6.4.
 
-nspr-4.23
+nspr-4.24
 
-nss-3.47.1
+nss-3.48.0
 
-rustc-1.37.0 (newer releases should be ok for firefox)
+rustc-1.37.0 (newer releases should be ok for firefox, tested with rustc-1.40.0)
 
-sqlite-3.29.0 (latest is preferred)
+sqlite-3.30.1
 
-== Dependencies for 72.0beta ==
+== Dependencies for 73.0beta ==
 
 A place to look at the next release.
 
-nss now needs to be >= 3.48.
-
-sqlite is now 3.30.1, so use >= 3.30.1 for the system version.
-
-The parts of the patch for system graphite2 have been dropepd, changes at mozilla mean that some of their new code only compiles if the shipped graphite2 is built.  If using the updated patch for system harfbuzz, harfbuzz needs to be >= 2.6.4. 
-
-If you have upgraded to rustc-1.40.0, firefox-72b10 builds fine with that.
-
+''To Be Advised''