MX-19 Repository: The Thunderbird Thread

[mmikeinsantarosa]

Duliwi,
After a fresh build makes it into the main or test repos, it takes a while for it to propagate to the other mirrors. Sometimes this is a couple days. If a package announcement has been posted here for a newer release and you don't see it, use the repo manager just like you did to find a mirror that's been updated. Or you can wait for whatever mirror your pointed at to get updated.

As far as choosing between mx packages and debian, usually this is OK as long as you are getting debian packages from the same release you're running. ie, you download from stable for MX19. Sometimes we add tweaks to the base package just for MX and if you install the same named package from debian, you may not get the extra stuff we added. Another thing, if you download from debian and there's a problem with the package, you'll need to get debian to fix it. - mike

[Duliwi]

Thank you.

Sometimes we add tweaks to the base package just for MX

Out of interest: What is the main tweak you have implemented in Thunderbird-MX ?

Other question of interest (learning how things in MX Linux work):
Although MXPI has debian-repositories we can not find the debian version of thunerbird in MXPI (and also not in Synaptic).
Why? Does MX Linux hide them somehow?

[mmikeinsantarosa]

working on it...

[mmikeinsantarosa]

shew!

thunderbird-78.9.0 is finally in test.

There were 4 high impact security bugs fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

- mike

[mmikeinsantarosa]

Thank you.

Sometimes we add tweaks to the base package just for MX

Out of interest: What is the main tweak you have implemented in Thunderbird-MX ?

Other question of interest (learning how things in MX Linux work):
Although MXPI has debian-repositories we can not find the debian version of thunerbird in MXPI (and also not in Synaptic).
Why? Does MX Linux hide them somehow?

In this latest release 78.9.0, debian did not include the lightning language packs. The build for MX does include them. - mike

[paul1149]

I've been getting double display of some new messages in the unitary inbox for the past few releases. I think it's due to one of the extensions I'm using, perhaps Compact Headers (the only other one being Manually Sort Folders), but all I have to do is click away from the Inbox and then back and it's gone, so it's not a big deal.

[tony37]

In this latest release 78.9.0, debian did not include the lightning language packs. The build for MX does include them. - mike

but aren't all lightning packages superfluous now? (in version 78)

[Eadwine Rose]

I still install the thing. I don't trust superfluous until the package stops existing and I see stuff still works (I am weird that way lol)

[Gaer Boy]

In this latest release 78.9.0, debian did not include the lightning language packs. The build for MX does include them. - mike

but aren't all lightning packages superfluous now? (in version 78)

Thunderbird has included Lightning since 2015, version 38 (nightly build). It wouldn't install Lightning via upgrade unless the Lightning add-on was already installed.

[tony37]

Thunderbird has included Lightning since 2015, version 38 (nightly build). It wouldn't install Lightning via upgrade unless the Lightning add-on was already installed.

what I meant was that lightning is now included in the thunderbird package itself, the lightning package is now just an empty box with a changelog and a copyright in it