代码昏招迫使Firefox将再次升级[zt]

（CNET07/18美西报道）开源浏览器Firefox和e-mail客户软件Thunderbird将在短短一周之内再作升级，皆因内部代码的变更，意外导致某些第三方插件不能正常工作。

Mozilla基金会规划相应开源软件的开发工作，在其网站上开发人员新闻日志（blog）中，一位Mozilla代表透露近期内将升级Firefox和Thunderbird至版本1.0.6，而Mozilla套件则会升至1.7.10。

升级的原因是由于在上周刚刚发布的1.0.5版本中，原本用于解决安全问题的代码出了问题。

该名代表写道：“上周公布的1.0.5中，原本用于加强安全性的代码，在为数不多的情况下，可能导致某些原本能在1.0.4及其早期版本中正常工作的插件出现故障。在公布1.0.6版本前，我们将尽全力一一找出并解决这些问题。”


鉴于新版发布在即，Mozilla基金会要求所有开发人员暂停软件本地化工作，但这一行为却招致批评。

本地化新闻组中一位开发人员写道：“我们收到大量来自波兰Firefox用户的email，信中询问我们为何不见波兰语版本的Firefox 1.0.5?”

该开发人员又补充道：“再迟数日，基金会与美国以外Firefox用户的关系，将会出现危险的裂痕。”

另一名开发者在错误报告论坛内也猛烈批评Mozilla基金会。

他这样写道：“在美国英语版的1.0.5发布后，此前存在的严重安全问题都已曝光，但仍有数以千万计的用户仍在使用滞留安全隐患的1.0.4版本。”

这名开发人员呼吁Mozilla基金会同步发行支持所有语言版本的软件，他认为，如若不然，Mozilla在本地市场辛苦建立起来的荣誉将丧失殆尽。

目前新版软件的测试版已推出，Mozilla基金会要求第三方插件开发者确保其软件能与该新版兼容。

Mozilla代表在网站中表示：“那些与网页内容及事件处理相关的插件，最有可能与新版本出现兼容问题。此外，电子邮件处理插件如Thunderbird及Mozilla套件中邮件安全工具Enigmail，也需要着重测试。”

目前尚无法联系到任何一位Mozilla基金会代表，对相关事宜作出评论。


Coding misstep forces new Firefox release
July 18, 2005
Renai LeMay， Special to CNET News.com

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The open-source Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client will be updated for the second time in a week because of code changes that have unintentionally stopped some third-party extensions from functioning correctly.

The updates will take Firefox and Thunderbird to version 1.0.6, while the Mozilla Suite will be updated to version 1.7.10, wrote representatives from the Mozilla Foundation on the group's developer news blog. Mozilla oversees the software's development.

It appears security fixes in last week's 1.0.5 update caused the problems.

"There is a very real chance that some of the general security improvements in last week's 1.0.5 update may impact a number of extensions that worked with 1.0.4 and earlier, and we want to identify and address as many of these as possible before we release 1.0.6," the representatives said.

Because of the impending update, the Mozilla Foundation has asked developers to temporarily halt work on localizing the software for non-English language markets, a move that has drawn criticism from some adherents.

"We are getting lots of e-mails from Firefox users in Poland asking us about why isn't Firefox 1.0.5 available in Polish," wrote one developer in the localization newsgroup.

"A few days more, and it's gonna be a big public relations disaster for Firefox outside the U.S.A.," the developer added.

Another developer attacked the foundation in its bug-reporting forum.

"Tens of millions of users are still using 1.0.4 while critical security bugs are already published after en-US (U.S. English) 1.0.5 release," the developer wrote.

Calling for the foundation to release its software in all supported languages simultaneously, the developer said that by delaying the foreign language versions, Mozilla was wasting the work done by developers promoting the foundation's brands in local markets.

Test versions of the updated software are available, and the foundation has asked third-party developers to make sure their extensions work.

"Extensions that interact with Web content and events may be the most susceptible to these changes," the foundation representatives wrote. "Mail-handling extensions such as (secure e-mail extension) Enigmail for Thunderbird and the Mozilla Suite should also be tested heavily."

A Mozilla Foundation representative was not immediately available to comment on the changes.