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Old 3rd November 2010
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While indeed backporting newer versions of Firefox is tempting, it is not something that should be done by a novice.. you will run into dependency issues eventually, and if you're unwilling to resolve them yourself you'll be unable to continue.

If bleeding edge packages are your primary concern, consider following snapshots as an alternative.. binary packages are made available on several mirrors.

One major problem with this is eventually packages will not work for an older snapshot, usually this happens when base libraries are bumped (..API/ABI change in libc) and you'll need to upgrade/reinstall a newer snapshot.

A lot of this is in the FAQ, and you can decide what more fits your usage requirements.. if maintaining stable backports is something you wish to do, then that is your prerogative.
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