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Firefox 3.6 finally hits the release candidate phase
The original deadline for the final release of Firefox 3.6 was set for December 2009, but that was bumped back by Mozilla. In a discussion with CNet, Mozilla's Mike Shaver stated "[Mozilla has] always been more quality-driven than time-driven, but we understand timing in the market matters to our users and our competitiveness." Philosophy aside, Mozilla is probably thrilled to have finally gotten 3.6 to the release candidate stage.
One unintended benefit that has come from holding off on 3.6: it gives Firefox 3.5 more time to sit in the #1 position on the browser share charts. After all, as soon as users start moving to 3.6 the shift will probably allow IE to slide back into the first spot. IE8 has already closed the gap, moving within about half a percentage point.
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Subscribe to commentscaschyJan 6th 2010 9:17AM
THIS is not an RC. This is a RC-candidate!
PeterJan 6th 2010 9:41AM
@caschy - It's a release candidate-candidate?
What do you think the "C" in RC stands for?
caschyJan 6th 2010 10:03AM
@peter: check the FTP-Path ;)
/firefox/nightly/3.6rc1-candidates/build1/...
;)
Yep, its a build candidate for RC 1 - Downloadsquad has updated this entry without any information.
Neil T.Jan 6th 2010 12:14PM
Caschy is correct - it's a release candidate-candidate. The Windows builds haven't been digitally signed, for example.
However, this means it's likely that the actual first release candidate is imminent. Download Squad has just jumped the gun a little.
Sebastian AnthonyJan 6th 2010 1:46PM
I'm pretty sure this IS the first release candidate, even if it isn't 'signed'.
Usually release candidates are renamed versions of the trunk -- say, 3.6.5 -- it then magically becomes 3.6 RC1. If this candidate is found to be buggy, the next one will be RC2, and so on.
I've never heard of a 'release candidate candidate' -- every minor patch is a possible candidate candidate, no?
Night OwlJan 6th 2010 2:38PM
Digitally signed builds for all languages are available here: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/3.6rc1-candidates/build1/win32/
Lee MathewsJan 6th 2010 2:38PM
Thanks, updated link in post!
FoiledJan 7th 2010 2:29AM
Faster and better in terms of memory management than 3.5.7...
FoiledJan 7th 2010 2:45AM
Ghetto SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark Results
http://paste2.org/p/597787