Quicker Firefox Updates in Ubuntu?

Is it my imagination, or is Lucid Lynx updating Firefox a lot quicker than previous Ubuntu versions?

 

Probably not. I've noticed a general trend towards faster updates as well, the turnaround speed for 3.6.12 was stellar by Ubuntu's usual standards.

 

I say its updating faster

Linux Mint is really updating faster....

 

In depth explanation can be found in this thread.
Quick summary: Ubuntu switched to a new support model with Firefox. They use more bundled libraries minimsing distro specific patching. A side benefit of this all is they rely more on upstream testing and can get out updates faster.

It should also be noted, this particular update is different than most. Usually Firefox sticks to it's roadmap and fixes privately reported vulns "when they are ready". This is an "out of band" fix for a vulnerability that was discovered in the wild. That means a higher priority both for Mozilla and downstream maintainers.

 

Thanks everyone for the responses.
When it comes to security issues, I'm liking the change I see.