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Mozilla extends Firefox 1.5 support to mid-May
Published May 1st, 2007 in Browser Security, Firefox
Mozilla Corp. yesterday extended support for its 17-month-old Firefox 1.5.0.x browser until mid-May, citing the need to roll out a 
patch so users can automatically update to the newer Version 2.0. The company had earlier said that yesterday would be the termination date for Firefox 1.5.x support — meaning it would issue no new security updates after that. But when it released 1.5.11 last month, Mozilla hinted that the final security fix would not make that deadline.
This week, in fact, developers decided to delay freezing the code of that last update, Firefox 1.5.0.12, because of a higher-than-expected number of bugs awaiting attention.
Only after 1.5.0.12 appears will Mozilla tackle what it’s been calling Major Updates, an automated upgrade from 1.5.0.x to 2.0.0.x. Initial testing of the upgrade, which will update all Firefox 1.5.0.x users who have the browser’s auto-updating tool turned on, has been completed. But Mozilla will wait until after 1.5.0.12 is out before dealing with that upgrade. Update: Mozilla extends Firefox 1.5 support to mid-May
