about: page shows "version 1.9"

[Chris Pimlott]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

The version text on the "about:" page directly beneath the Firefox logo shows the version as 1.9 instead of 3.0 as expected.

This is specifically on the "about:" page, reached by entering "about:" on the location bar, as opposed to the About Mozilla Firefox dialog box, reached by selecting "About Mozilla Firefox" from the Help menu. The dialog box shows "version 3.0" under the Firefox logo as expected

Running 8.4 (Hardy Heron), updated with the latest released Firefox package earlier today.

Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008060309 Firefox/3.0\

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Candidate: 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 08:21:44PM -0000, Chris Pimlott wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> The version text on the "about:" page directly beneath the Firefox logo
> shows the version as 1.9 instead of 3.0 as expected.

This is a known upstream bug. Pleas search for it in bugzilla.mozilla.org

 affects firefox
 status incomplete

 affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0
 status triaged

afaik, there is a bug with a patch for this already.

 - Alexander

[Ezra Morris (ezramorris)]

It is fixed upstream. On the official download, it says 3.0, but on the Ubuntu version 1.9.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:32:11AM -0000, emorris wrote:
> It is fixed upstream. On the official download, it says 3.0, but on the
> Ubuntu version 1.9.
>

no its not fixed upstream. the bug is still open and upstream build
just doesnt have this issue because they dont ship on top of xulrunner.

 - Alexander