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[Update Request]: Firefox

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Domain
release

Research direction

Start with the existing Mozilla.Firefox package manifests and compare their version and installer details with the linked Firefox 159.0 MSI download. Update the manifest for the new release, then validate it with the repository’s manifest validation process; done means the updated manifest passes validation.

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Description

Help-Wanted Needs-Triage Package-Update
What type of update are you requesting?

A new version of an existing package

Current Package Identifier

Mozilla.Firefox

Package Version

159.0

Please describe the changes you would like to see

159.0 is available
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-msi-latest-ssl&os=win64&lang=en-US

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