MX-19 Repository: The Thunderbird Thread

[paul1149]

There's nothing stopping you from upgrading to something straight from mozilla.

Oh yes there is - my skill level! I didn't see any instructions at all.

I might give it another look though...

[mmikeinsantarosa]

There's nothing stopping you from upgrading to something straight from mozilla.

Oh yes there is - my skill level! I didn't see any instructions at all.

I might give it another look though...

Whatever you do, make sure you back up your .thunderbird folder first!

[paul1149]

I just visited the TB site again. I'm not sure what this means, it's not on any of the MXPI tabs, but it sounds like v. 78 distribution is very close.

Version 78.2.1, first offered to channel users on August 29, 2020

[mmikeinsantarosa]

I just visited the TB site again. I'm not sure what this means, it's not on any of the MXPI tabs, but it sounds like v. 78 distribution is very close.

Version 78.2.1, first offered to channel users on August 29, 2020

Our latest is 68.12.0. As soon as debian puts a 78.anything in sid, I'll get it into our repos.

[paul1149]

Cool. Thanks much.

[mmikeinsantarosa]

thunderbird-78.3.1-2 is now in test.

Be extremely careful when upgrading to this version. Read this thread first.

Upgrading from the 68.x versions breaks plugins and in too many cases breaks email configurations as well forcing users to remove & re-enter configs. Not too much trouble with one email address but a lot of users have a lot more.

Check out the release notes page for what's new in this release.

- mike

[karlchen]

thunderbird-78.3.1-2 is now in test.

Thanks a lot for making Thunderbird 78.3.1 available in the MX Test repo.
Upgraded 10 days ago. Sorry for the late feedback. It all worked fine here. No issues at all. Cf. that mentioned thread, please.
Karl

[mmikeinsantarosa]

There's potential to really load up the forum with problems upgrading to this version so anything anybody can contribute as solutions to discovered issues during the process is welcomed in this thread. - Mike

[paul1149]

My update to 78 went smoothly. Basically things are working well here, but I've noticed two things. First, I cannot find how to customize the toolbar over the preview pane; the function seems to have been omitted. The View / Customize Toolbar function doesn't affect it. Second, I daily see in the status bar that TB is downloading all mail from Gmail, some 3800 emails. TB syncs upon opening, and this happens a bit later; it shouldn't need to do that.

The new dark theme is ok, though I wish the scrollbars were wider. I haven't tried the onboard encryption.

[Eadwine Rose]

4679 here.. sheesh. Indeed it shouldn't need to do that.