Thunderbird

[tb75252]

Both my MX Linux 18.3 and 19.2 versions show that I have Thunderbird 68.12.0. I believe that Thunderbird is now available in v. 78.3.2.
Do I have to be patient and wait till MX Updater proposes the new version, or am I left to my own devices in finding a way to update Thunderbird?

[Sparky]

Just install it as a flatpak, it is v78.3.2
You can also upgrade.

[Eadwine Rose]

Is there a specific reason you need that newer version?

[tb75252]

Just install it as a flatpak, it is v78.3.2
You can also upgrade.

Is Thunderbird not maintained by the MX Updater? Just out of curiosity...

[Sparky]

Just install it as a flatpak, it is v78.3.2
You can also upgrade.

Is Thunderbird not maintained by the MX Updater? Just out of curiosity...

It is in the repos, but as you've noticed it isn't the latest version

[tb75252]

Is there a specific reason you need that newer version?

The compose window is better. I have v. 78 installed on a Microsoft Windows PC and it also seem to be faster, particularly the Usenet newsreader.
But I supposed I could live with v. 68, too...

[tb75252]

Just install it as a flatpak, it is v78.3.2
You can also upgrade.

Is Thunderbird not maintained by the MX Updater? Just out of curiosity...

It is in the repos, but as you've noticed it isn't the latest version

Do you know if MX Linux has plans to post a newer version in the repos?

[Eadwine Rose]

You can file an official request and see if someone wishes to do it. You can do that in the package requests forum.

viewforum.php?f=140

Please read the sticky.

[tony37]

I see there actually is a version 78 in the Debian security repo, but the mx repo uses a so-called 'epoch' to overrule that and have version 68 as the preferred version anyway (version 2:68.12.0-1mx19+1 in mx repo versus 1:78.3.1-2~deb10u2 in Debian security repo). So I'm guessing the MX repo team has (or had) a good reason to prefer version 68. I would wait for someone more knowledgeable to chime in on that.

[CharlesV]

There is no direct "upgrade" from 68 to 7x in Thunderbird. The Thunderbird website discusses that there were too many differences, lots os add-on's that were not brought over etc, and there is a lot of discussions about what you need to do to upgrade - manually. So it would make sense to have 68 be 'the one' but have access to 78.

When I made the switch a while back, I had numerous issues and ended up rolling back until a later date. (I do have ONE machine on 78, the rest I have left in 68 mainly so that I can keep my addon's I prefer. )