Firebug 1.5 on 64-bit Linux Builds
sir_brizz
Firebug 1.5 DOES NOT WORK on 64-bit Linux builds that are based on the
Debian compilation (meaning, most 64 bit Linux builds). The fix has
been committed to IceWeasel as part of Firefox 3.5.8/3.6, but it
hasn't been released yet on a stable branch.
Here is the relevant bug I opened last October. I found this issue
last September.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/449744
If you have any pertinent info, add it there. Otherwise go back to
Firebug 1.l4 and wait until the next security update is released.
brizz
Leon
> I found this issue last September.
Why on earth did you push Firebug 1.5 out through auto-update if you
knew this was a problem?
John J Barton
sir-brizz took a lot of time to work through the issue. He deserves
your thanks.
We pushed the auto-update after testing on supported Firefox
platforms. If you want to ask questions, ask Unbuntu why they ship an
unsupported version of Firefox.
jjb
Steven Roussey
> time. You've chosen not to support their builds, for reasons of your
> own. It would make no sense for me to ask them why you don't support
> their builds.
Firebug supports the builds you download from Mozilla. Ubuntu can ship
that version or create their own fork. Firebug relies on users of
forked versions to report problems to the people that created them.
I'm surprised that after 36 alpha and beta releases of 1.5, that more
people didn't push on Ubuntu. It has been in their bug tracker as low
priority since last October.
-steve--
Leon
>knew this was a problem?
Okay, it looks like I misunderstood, and you didn't know this was a
problem.
These things happen. Apologies for the flame.
> sir-brizz took a lot of time to work through the issue. He deserves
> your thanks.
And he has it. I really appreciate all of the work you guys put in
for free. I'll be sure to help the testing effort next time.
John J Barton
On Jan 20, 3:20 pm, Leon <leon.mess...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > sir-brizz took a lot of time to work through the issue. He deserves
> > your thanks.
>
> And he has it. His posts on my thread have been thoughtful and
> honest.
>
> > We pushed the auto-update after testing on supported Firefox
> > platforms.
>
> So you don't bother testing on Ubuntu at all, or just 64-bit versions?
I don't test on Ubuntu at all. In the past I did test on Ubuntu, but I
never found any issues that differ from WinXP, so I stopped. In this
case, the out come would not be different, since the crash only occurs
on 64 bit.
>
> > If you want to ask questions, ask Unbuntu why they ship an
> > unsupported version of Firefox.
>
> Please explain on what you mean by 'unsupported'.
Specifically I mean that Firefox would not hold up their release to
incorporate a fix for 64 bit builds. You read the Firefox team leads
comment yourself:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510040#c7
>
> They certainly support their Firefox builds, I see updates all the
> time. You've chosen not to support their builds, for reasons of your
> own. It would make no sense for me to ask them why you don't support
> their builds.
Yes, here you are absolutely correct. I do not support Firebug on 64
bit linux Firefox builds. My own reasons include not owning a 64 bit
machine. I certainly welcome input from Firebug users on 64 bit
machines, including the information that Firebug 1.5 still crashes
them.
I wish our mornings had not been disrupted. I hope you have enough
information about this issue now.
jjb
Steven Roussey
http://groups.google.com/group/firebug/browse_thread/thread/42a683a5ea727f97/05d08a43e85b546f
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542768
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/449744
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510040
http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=2553
http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=2708
sir_brizz
References the original debian bug.
On Jan 20, 4:56 pm, Steven Roussey <srous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For reference:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/firebug/browse_thread/thread/42a683a5e...
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542768
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/449744
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510040
>
John J Barton
On Jan 20, 3:56 pm, Steven Roussey <srous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For reference:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/firebug/browse_thread/thread/42a683a5e...
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542768
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/449744
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510040
>
> http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=2553
I made a mistake in closing 2553 too soon. It should have been open
until the bugzilla fix propagated to users. But I don't think that
would have changed the outcome here. We did not have any information
that linux 64 bit was anything other than a beta tester kind of thing.
jjb
Marcus Better
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sir_brizz wrote:
>
> Firebug 1.5 DOES NOT WORK on 64-bit Linux builds that are based on the
> Debian compilation (meaning, most 64 bit Linux builds).
FYI it has been fixed in Debian. You need iceweasel 3.5.6-1, xulrunner-1.9.1
1.9.1.6-1).
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542768
Cheers,
Marcus
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Marcus Better
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sir_brizz wrote:
> Here is the original Firebug group thread started in September.
And in August...
http://groups.google.com/group/firebug/browse_thread/thread/e11e9488a1356593/40287d57fb1d2ed9
Cheers,
Marcus
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