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I'm on Firefox 5.0 and just got a popup, translated from Swedish:

A security and stability update for Firefox has been downloaded and is ready to be installed.

Update: Firefox 6.0

Is Firefox 6.0 -- a major version higher than 5.0 -- really a security and stability update? I'd rather not update since I'm happy with 5.0 (I thought I was on 3.0 before I checked), but if it's a security update, it doesn't leave me much of a choice.

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Do them just want more cakes? – Vi. Aug 17 '11 at 20:20
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Please just update. Firefox has changed its release cycle, they are going to bump major versions like crazy and you want to always have the latest version. – slhck Aug 17 '11 at 20:24
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@slhck: So I'll just assume there's a "1." in front of every version number? – user67194 Aug 17 '11 at 20:28
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@Tim That's one way to deal with it. Actually, they were even thinking of dropping version numbers altogether. – slhck Aug 17 '11 at 20:28
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@slhck Perhaps soon they will just have 'best before' dates like a block of cheese. – Linker3000 Aug 17 '11 at 20:34
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Firefox is emulating Chrome in order to not be perceived as being as behind due to a comparison (unfair, I think) between their relative release cycles.

FF6 is still a "major" update. They've just streamlined their update cycle so that each major update is probably less major than before.

Unless the new version really has problems, I'd go to it.

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Here is an article that has more info, but its basically just a lot of tweaks.

There are some security fixes (see here).

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