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What is in 25.0.1?

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BillM
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Received a prompt (for lack of a better word...) this morning about 25.0.1 being available - but the link that was supposed to describe "what's in it," doesn't. I don't download new versions just because someone told me to. What defects/fixes/improvements are in 25.0.1 vs. 25.0?

Received a prompt (for lack of a better word...) this morning about 25.0.1 being available - but the link that was supposed to describe "what's in it," doesn't. I don't download new versions just because someone told me to. What defects/fixes/improvements are in 25.0.1 vs. 25.0?

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Somewhat better... evidence suggests that the release notes page was updated AFTER customers were notified about the new build. This step should be done BEFORE customer notifications are sent.

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philipp
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hello Bill, there were two changes - one one of them a security critical fix, please refer to the release notes: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/25.0.1/releasenotes/

patrickmc
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Hello BillM,

Thank you for contacting Mozilla Support. You can find a list of the release notes here: Firefox Release Notes

The two big things fixed in 25.0.1 are:

  • 25.0.1: New security fixes can be found here
  • 25.0.1: Pages sometimes wouldn't load without first moving the cursor

Please let us know if this solves your question.

Cheers, Patrick

BillM
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The response halfway addresses my question. The "New security fixes can be found here" link produces a list which simply says, "Fixed in Firefox 25" ... not just 25.0.1 vs. 25.0.

A list of the incremental changes to each release should be made readily available ... so we know what behavior changes to watch for. The bottom line: sloppy bug-management and customer-communication practices.

BillM
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Somewhat better... evidence suggests that the release notes page was updated AFTER customers were notified about the new build. This step should be done BEFORE customer notifications are sent.

beej666
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html still doesn't list the security fixes in 25.0.1 :(

cor-el
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beej666
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thanks, cor-el!

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=935959 says 25.0.1 includes NSS 3.15.3.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.15.3_release_notes says that includes fixes for CVE-2013-1741, CVE-2013-5605 and CVE-2013-5606.

i opened https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=939467 to try to get somebody to fix it. if anybody knows who is responsible, please cc them on the bug

cheers

beej666
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html has now been updated :)