Firefox 4, 5, 6 and 7 to be released before the end of 2011

Re:Firefox 4, 5, 6 and 7 to be released before the end of 2011 by thisisblurry on Monday February 07, 2011 @10:59AM (#2189372)

As per the last paragraph of this post: http://blog.chromium.org/2010/07/release-early-release-often...

"Please don’t read too much into the pace of version number changes - they just mean we are moving through release cycles and we are geared up to get fresher releases into your hands!"

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Re:Firefox 4, 5, 6 and 7 to be released before the end of 2011 by code_duck on Monday February 07, 2011 @11:12AM (#2189436)

Thanks, but that actually addresses how they will be moving the whole version numbers up even faster than before, not how they've chosen to use whole version numbers to represent fairly minor milestones, in contrast to established practices.

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Re:Firefox 4, 5, 6 and 7 to be released before the end of 2011 by wmf on Monday February 07, 2011 @12:05PM (#2189672)

Would you prefer Linux/SunOS-like version numbers where the major version never increments? When you do a release every 6-8 weeks, they're all going to be minor.

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