The version of firefox in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is not the ESR.

[FR. Loïc]

Hi,

The version of firefox in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is not the ESR:
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/

This can cause problems for deploying in enterprise.
It is preferable that the LTS version of ubuntu uses firefox versions of ESR to avoid problems of deployment.

Best regards,

HacKurx

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: firefox 11.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: I82801AAICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801AA-ICH]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: xubuntu 3136 F.... xfce4-volumed
                      xubuntu 3186 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120224155729
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801AAICH'/'Intel 82801AA-ICH with STAC9700,83,84 at irq 5'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9700,83,84'
   Components : 'AC97a:83847600'
   Controls : 34
   Simple ctrls : 24
CasperVersion: 1.304
Channel: beta
Date: Mon Mar 5 19:38:20 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
 default via 10.0.2.2 dev eth0 proto static
 10.0.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.15 metric 1
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120228)
Plugins: pluginreg.dat isn't available
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0/20120224155729 (Running)
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. You can read this blog post on why Ubuntu is not shipping the ESR: http://www.chriscoulson.me.uk/blog/?p=111
Please report any other issues you may find.

[FR. Loïc (hackurx)]

The companies we need to test each new software version, to be on their internal website (Intranet) can still function. With the ESR he will have to check once a year.

imagine the work that represent test versions every 6 weeks, especially if you have to modify the internal sites and the costs for a small business.

Are you asking why Internet Explorer 6 is still much used in business?? and why google chrome is not used in entreprise?