Are there any advantages to using the Firefox PPA over Firefox in the Repository?

Question

Is there any advantage to using "ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable" over just using what's available in the repositories for 11.04?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '11 at 04:35

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Packages can take a bit of time before reaching repositories, having the ppa enables you to get the newest version earlier. And that is it really.

answered Jul 21 '11 at 04:35

OttoRobba

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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There is currently no advantage to this as Firefox releases are pushed out to the distribution as quickly as possible after a Firefox release:

In fact, that PPA is being retired.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

answered Jan 29 '12 at 19:27

Jorge Castro

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