#975079 firefox: Avoid breaking running instances on upgrade

Package:
firefox
Source:
firefox
Description:
Mozilla Firefox web browser
Submitter:
Alex
Date:
2020-11-18 19:09:04 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#975079#5
Date:
2020-11-18 18:57:40 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

recent Firefox versions have the problem, that they cannot open new tabs
after upgrading, i.e., the new tab requests the user to restart the
browser. This is a problem when some webapp is still doing important
things or you cannot close the browser right now for another reason.
Upstream handles this by installing the downloaded update at the next
start of the browser. A debian package of course cannot do this, but
maybe there is another way to make sure that running instances continue
using the old libraries until the next start of the browser?

with kind regards,
Alex