topic beginning with release 135, regular release cycle Firefox for Linux installers are now using xz instead of bz2 in Discussions

topic beginning with release 135, regular release cycle Firefox for Linux installers are now using xz instead of bz2 in Discussions https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/beginning-with-release-135-regular-release-cycle-firefox-for/m-p/85370#M32628 <P>beginning with Firefox for Linux release 135, the regular release cycle Firefox for Linux installers have transitioned from using .tar.bz2 to .tar.xz for the packaging format</P><P>this change was announced for the nightly release installers back in November in the following blog posting:<BR /><A href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/11/28/announcing-faster-lighter-firefox-downloads-for-linux-with-tar-xz-packaging/" target="_self">https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/11/28/announcing-faster-lighter-firefox-downloads-for-linux-with-tar-xz-packaging/</A> </P><P>legacy example URL (bz2 format):<BR /><A href="https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/134.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-134.0.tar.bz2" target="_self">https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/134.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-134.0.tar.bz2</A> </P><P>new example URL (xz format):<BR /><A href="https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/135.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-135.0.tar.xz" target="_self">https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/135.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-135.0.tar.xz</A> </P> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:50:55 GMT jsvnsk 2025-02-04T14:50:55Z beginning with release 135, regular release cycle Firefox for Linux installers are now using xz instead of bz2 https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/beginning-with-release-135-regular-release-cycle-firefox-for/m-p/85370#M32628 <P>beginning with Firefox for Linux release 135, the regular release cycle Firefox for Linux installers have transitioned from using .tar.bz2 to .tar.xz for the packaging format</P><P>this change was announced for the nightly release installers back in November in the following blog posting:<BR /><A href="https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/11/28/announcing-faster-lighter-firefox-downloads-for-linux-with-tar-xz-packaging/" target="_self">https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2024/11/28/announcing-faster-lighter-firefox-downloads-for-linux-with-tar-xz-packaging/</A> </P><P>legacy example URL (bz2 format):<BR /><A href="https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/134.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-134.0.tar.bz2" target="_self">https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/134.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-134.0.tar.bz2</A> </P><P>new example URL (xz format):<BR /><A href="https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/135.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-135.0.tar.xz" target="_self">https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/135.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-135.0.tar.xz</A> </P> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:50:55 GMT https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/beginning-with-release-135-regular-release-cycle-firefox-for/m-p/85370#M32628 jsvnsk 2025-02-04T14:50:55Z