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July 23, 2020 at 10:18 pm #39280
sybok
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    1) Why?
    This is similar to Debian that has switched to providing the Firefox ESR in the stable/testing versions, see e.g. stable and/or testing and search for ‘firefox’.

    Providing ESR only/mostly saves time to the developers and may be more suitable for companies/conservative-users.

    2) Security:
    ESR is properly maintained which includes security fixes.
    The main difference with respect to the latest versions is that it may be missing some features included in the latest versions.
    I would definitely not worry about security of ESR.

    3) Remove ESR install FF-78 – possible to remove?
    Definitely possible, as with other packages.

    4) Remove ESR install FF-78 – will it lead to issues?
    Not quite sure about that.
    There are some symbolic links firefox <- firefox-esr which may be re-set correctly with the latest version… or not.