Firefox Beta / Developer Edition / Nightly ?

[pq5190362]

Hello,

so, coreplayer2 released the following two extensions:

Two new Firefox extensions have been submitted (likely in repo already)

firefox-getLatest.tcz
for those wanting the latest Firefox with local language support.
default settings will fetch latest Firefox version with locale support then builds and
installs the new extension.
In summary; firefox-getLatest.tcz builds a local personalized version of firefox.tcz


firefox-ESR.tcz also in repo to provide availability
This is the latest Firefox-Extended-Service-Release.  A long lasting revision for
the repo, with less frequent updates therefore easier to maintain.

Which is nice.

But, would there be any chance you could additionally do the following three extensions:

firefox-get_latest_BETA.tcz
firefox-get_latest_DEVELOPER_EDITION.tcz
firefox-get_latest_NIGHTLY.tcz

so that it would also be possible to install the latest Firefox Beta, Firefox Developer Edition and Firefox Nightly?

PS:

If you will do it, then I think firefox-getLatest.tcz should also be renamed to firefox-get_latest_RELEASE.tcz.

Regards

[coreplayer2]

hi pq5190362

firefox-getLatest has a feature which in addition to the latest release, allows you to download and install any firefox-beta builds,  this is mentioned in the info file.


first load firefox-getLatest.tcz

from either the Applications menu, or
Apps, or
tce-load -i firefox-getLatest

then from a terminal type:

Code: [Select]

firefox-getLatest.sh -m

If you wish to install any beta version for example: "firefox-42.0b7"  then simply type

Code: [Select]

42.0b7
at the prompt, which will download this specific beta version and install it, you may need to add firefox.tcz to your onboot.lst or ondemand depending on previous installed versions.

Code: [Select]

firefox-getLatest.sh -hfor more info

As yet, Firefox Developer Edition and Firefox Nightly have not been considered as these were not part of the goals of firefox-getLatest, but maybe possible..

regards
coreplayer2

[pq5190362]

firefox-getLatest has a feature which in addition to the latest release, allows you to download and install any firefox-beta builds,  this is mentioned in the info file.

No, the word "Beta" is not mentioned for a single time in the info file:

http://tinycorelinux.net/6.x/x86/tcz/firefox-getLatest.tcz.info

 

As yet, Firefox Developer Edition and Firefox Nightly have not been considered as these were not part of the goals of firefox-getLatest, but maybe possible..

That would be nice.

Regards

[coreplayer2]

the word beta is not mentioned however a basic description of how to specify the version you desire are and where you can find more info, for example:

versions  38.0  or  40.0 or  40.0.1 

you'll also find a help option " -h "  which provides more info  particularly the address where you'll find all available versions for you to download.  There you'll find all available beta versions..

:p

[coreplayer2]

Firefox-42beta7 extension created in less than a minute using " firefox-getLatest.sh -m " from the terminal and typing 42.0b7 at the prompt.   
For those who want to try the latest from the Firefox stable,  cool huh?



Other available firefox versions can be found from here
http://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
remember this works when the Directory name matches the Firefox version in the tarball file name
like http://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/42.0b7/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-42.0b7.tar.bz2   
otherwise the feature will not perform as expected.