Re:H.264 Support Lands in Firefox 20 Nightly on Windows
by zobzu on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @07:07PM
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actually even nightly is supposed to be mostly stable.
mozilla-central is where stuff is true bleeding edge/may kill your cat more often than not, etc.
Re:H.264 Support Lands in Firefox 20 Nightly on Windows
by mcpherrinm on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @08:14PM
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Nightly is a build off m-c every night. It's not particularly any more stable than a random m-c build.
Basically, "Firefox" is the stable release. It's the one most people use, and should use. It's currently at version 17, for people who actually still care about version numbers :)
On top of that there are three release channels that offer preview builds of varying levels:
* Beta -- is exactly what it sounds like. Beta builds of what will become the next release of Firefox. Beta builds currently are version numbered 18.
* Aurora -- stable but pre-beta. Is two "versions" ahead of mainline Firefox, so Aurora builds are currently version numbered 19.
* Nightly -- the bleeding edge. Rebuilt every single night from latest code, these are three "versions" ahead of mainline, so currently carry version number 20.