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Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2019 3:47 pm**

main has just been updated with thunderbird-60.8.0-2

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open-source, cross-platform email client, news client, RSS, and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

* There were 4 High & 1 Critical security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

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- mike

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2019 4:02 pm**

Just updated it in testing, thanks :)

Posted: **Mon Sep 02, 2019 5:57 pm**

thanks Eadwine

Posted: **Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:23 pm**

Our main repository has just been updated with thunderbird-60.9.0

* There were 7 High & 1 moderate security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:26 pm**

thunderbird-68.2.1 is now in test.

Check out the release notes page for the full details of this release.

We could use some testing feedback on this release to determine if it's good enough to go into main.

I saw a couple issues

Then upgrading a 64bit version of Thunderbird version 60 to version 68, a new profile will be created. Workaround: Select the correct profile by visiting about:profiles in the Troubleshooting Information.

When upgrading from Thunderbird version 60 to version 68, add-ons are not automatically updated during the upgrade process. They will however be updated during the add-on update check. It is of course possible to reinstall combatible add-on via the Add-ons Manager or via addons.thunderbird.net.

LDAP lookup not working when SSL is enabled. Workaround: Disable SSL or switch off option "Query OSCP responder servers" in the certificate settings in advanced options.

- mike

Posted: **Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:01 am**

I'm trying it out now, looks good, a bit better than version 60. Looks like a whole bunch of add-ons aren't working yet, but I only use Lightning calendar, and that's working. If you need add-ons, I would not upgrade right now.

I did have to do the thing of pointing my profile to the correct folder. Otherwise it was starting to try to download all my emails all over again. The Troubleshooting page is accessed under the Help menu. Just point to your profile folder, close the folder, and restart Thunderbird, and you should be back on the correct profile.

Sending and receiving is working fine so far. Dark theme looks nice. You can strip it down to a pretty nice looking window.

Posted: **Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:55 am**

Thanks for the testing post

Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:08 am**

Hi everyone, first post and reason for joining the MX forum.

I've been using MX Linux since version 17 and I've even created my own custom MX distro (German Language) for Non-Linux people here in Germany. Day before yesterday I installed MX 19 on a newly formatted partition. Then I moved everything over from another home/user folder of another MX setup. With but one exception everything is working absolutely fine.
THUNDERBIRD LIGHTNING Calendar.
Accounts, Emails, Email Archive, everything else is fine.

Lightning addon was included in my Thunderbird, but can't be found anywhere as far as being able to open and use it. I checked synaptic and lightning showed up as having been installed there as well (even though it's now supposed to be bundled so I'd imagine that a separate lightning installation wouldn't even be required)? So I uninstalled lightning, rebooted the computer, but no change. I then re-installed lightning, rebooted the computer, but still no change. Can't even find any reference to Lightning anywhere in Thunderbird. :(

I know that when Mozilla initially bundled lightning with Thunderbird, most people without the xul-ext-lightning file installed had the same issue, lightning not showing up as being physically present & usable. So I looked for xul-ext-lightning in Synaptic, but only found a reference to that file there. Could not install it to see if that would correct the issue. I'd really hate to revert to an earlier version of MX Linux, but Lightning is indispensable to me. There are hundreds of entries for appointments, birthdays, billing cycles, etc. etc. etc. I really really need for Lightnign to work. Any idea on how to have it show up and work for me?
I have an HP 745 G2 Laptop with AMD A8 7150B Quadcore processor, 16GB RAM and a 2TB SATA 3 disk.

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Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:43 am**

I found the solution here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ca ... a-versions

The first option worked for me.

Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:44 am**

Thanks, tried it with a lot of hope, but Step one did not work for me.
It's as I mentioned above, in an earlier version I needed to install xul-ext-lightning.
Apparently the developers of MX have not made it possible to install this file since I get a "not available in the repository" (or similar) message.

MX Linux Developers, please help with this! According to Mozilla, my hands are tied, I really need my lightning back ...

Open Thunderbird add-ons manager
Delete Lightning extension
Install package: xul-ext-lightning: sudo apt install xul-ext-lightning
Restart Thunderbird and calendar should be there
If the above doesn't work for you, please consult your distribution's documentation for the exact package name or the commands needed for step 3.

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Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:52 am**

is it possible to go back to the old version of TB somehow?

If you have the .thunderbird folder still remove all TB stuff and install the version MX19 came with. That is what I would try.. I am so sorry this is giving such heartbreak!

Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:02 am**

Good news, problem is fixed !!! :^D

Since option one at the Mozilla site didn't work, I went ahead and checked the Mozilla extensions pages for the lightning add-on which I thought wouldn't even show up anymore. Well, it did. So I went ahead and installed lightning from the Mozilla Addons directly, restarted Thunderbird, and Voila, it's working now. Just to be safe I restarted TB two more times and my active Calendar Tab is still there. Knock on wood that it keeps on working.

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Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:18 pm**

*knock knock*

I don't dare the switch yet

Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:45 pm**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:26 pm thunderbird-68.2.1 is now in test.

I'have upgraded the MX-19 provided Thunderbird to the version from MX-19 testrepo. All including lightening works OOTB.

Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:27 pm**

Beratung wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:44 am Thanks, tried it with a lot of hope, but Step one did not work for me.
It's as I mentioned above, in an earlier version I needed to install xul-ext-lightning.
Apparently the developers of MX have not made it possible to install this file since I get a "not available in the repository" (or similar) message.

MX Linux Developers, please help with this! According to Mozilla, my hands are tied, I really need my lightning back ...

Open Thunderbird add-ons manager
Delete Lightning extension
Install package: xul-ext-lightning: sudo apt install xul-ext-lightning
Restart Thunderbird and calendar should be there
If the above doesn't work for you, please consult your distribution's documentation for the exact package name or the commands needed for step 3.
.

If you install the latest thunderbird-68.2.2 from test for MX-19, you will get lightning along with it. It is set to be a depends.

use mxpi to install thunderbird.

- mike

Posted: **Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:20 pm**

Beratung wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:44 am Thanks, tried it with a lot of hope, but Step one did not work for me.
It's as I mentioned above, in an earlier version I needed to install xul-ext-lightning.
Apparently the developers of MX have not made it possible to install this file since I get a "not available in the repository" (or similar) message.

MX Linux Developers, please help with this! According to Mozilla, my hands are tied, I really need my lightning back ...

Open Thunderbird add-ons manager
Delete Lightning extension
Install package: xul-ext-lightning: sudo apt install xul-ext-lightning
Restart Thunderbird and calendar should be there
If the above doesn't work for you, please consult your distribution's documentation for the exact package name or the commands needed for step 3.
.

Launch thunderbird
Select tools
Select add ons
type lightning in the search box and hit your enter key
Click the Add to thunderbird green button to the right of the lightning hit
Click add
Click Restart now

* you should now have your calendar back

Let me know if this works for you

- mike

Posted: **Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:21 pm**

Our test repository has just been updated with thunderbird-68.3.0

* There were 5 High & 4 moderate security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Fri Dec 20, 2019 12:52 pm**

Our test repository has just been updated with thunderbird-68.3.1

Check out their new release notes page to see what's different in this version.

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:04 am**

Fiddling with things in a new install, just so I don't break things. Even got the calendar working.

I see there is no more tray icon with number available for this version? Am I right? I used to have xul-ext-firetray for that.

Oh.. googled, Birdtray: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/10/b ... h-new.html

Requires quite a bit of fidgeting but can be made to work. The installation instructions, just use Synaptic, you'll find it. The how to get to the mail folders bit works. Since on my install the folders don't automagically show up.

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:04 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:04 am Fiddling with things in a new install, just so I don't break things. Even got the calendar working.

I see there is no more tray icon with number available for this version? Am I right? I used to have xul-ext-firetray for that.

Oh.. googled, Birdtray: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/10/b ... h-new.html

Requires quite a bit of fidgeting but can be made to work. The installation instructions, just use Synaptic, you'll find it. The how to get to the mail folders bit works. Since on my install the folders don't automagically show up.

Eadwine, the latest xul-ext-firetray-0.6.5 is in test for buster if you want to give it a try.
I'll take a look to see if we can move it to main too. - mike

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:14 am**

Installed it.. usually TB sees that, at least in the old version it did. It's not picking it up when I start TB.
xul-ext-firetray 0.6.5-0~mx19+1

Not in add-ons, finds 0.6.1 there. Or should I install that one despite "This add-on is not compatible with your version of Thunderbird."

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:37 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 11:14 am Installed it.. usually TB sees that, at least in the old version it did. It's not picking it up when I start TB.
xul-ext-firetray 0.6.5-0~mx19+1

Not in add-ons, finds 0.6.1 there. Or should I install that one despite "This add-on is not compatible with your version of Thunderbird."

I've got some yard work to do before the rain starts. After that I'll take a loo and post back.

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 4:53 pm**

Well dangit! xul-ext-firetray-0.6.5 is limited to thunderbird-60 as well.

I'll see if there's a replacement.

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 3:14 am**

Birdtray works in any case.. it's a bit of a fiddle to add all the inbox areas. Four email accounts is nothing, but inside those accounts there are subfolders, and you need to add those too or it doesn't pick them up. Add multiple makes things easy where that is concerned, but it is more work than firetray which just seemed to "see" things, that is for sure.

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 3:23 am**

Birdtray also won't autostart if you add it to Session and Startup/Application Autostart. You instead have to autstart a shell script that sleeps for several seconds (I use 20 as it seems to work best) before starting birdtray. I've never figured out why this is so. But once you get it all set up it works quite well.

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 3:27 am**

Oh? If you don't need it to autostart it is no biggie then, and indeed the sleep trick works nicely. I have that on several things that do autostart.

At least you can set it up to have TB start along with it, and also close it when you quit birdtray. I have a panel on the left side with program launchers of things I use regularly, and put the birdtray launcher in TB's spot. Looks the same, starts a wee different but good enough as the end result is the same.

When you get the hang of birdtray it is indeed nice, back when I was pretty much scared off by the multitude of options that I had to set up and went with Firetray :)

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 3:42 am**

I wrote a how to make birdtray work topic in Tips&Tricks if that's helpful to anyone.

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:57 am**

JayM wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2019 3:23 am Birdtray also won't autostart if you add it to Session and Startup/Application Autostart. You instead have to autstart a shell script that sleeps for several seconds (I use 20 as it seems to work best) before starting birdtray. I've never figured out why this is so. But once you get it all set up it works quite well.

JayM, Where are you putting your script?

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:51 am**

I just sent birdtray-1.7.0+ds-1 for mx19 to Tim to go into test and asked for the 1.6 to be moved to main. I tested the 1.7 in a VM and it worked OOTB. I just added it to session & startup and set birdtray to start on login and start thunderbird-68.3.1 when it starts.

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:57 am**

1.6 works fine indeed. :)

The changes in 1.7: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/12/t ... ifier.html

Looks like JayM's issue might be fixed with this one :)

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 3:13 pm**

Installed it and working fine :)

Much easier to pick what to monitor!

Only one thing doesn't work right, when I have selected the folders to monitor and then want to go and add another, those that have already been added are not checked in the selection screen.

That will likely get fixed in the next update I am sure.

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:25 pm**

Just to make it clear, firetray/xul-ext-firetray only works with thunderbird releases <= 60.*. If you want an email notifier (in the notification area of your panel) for thunderbird, you need to install birdtray >= version 1.6.

Posted: **Mon Dec 30, 2019 3:27 am**

Thank you mmikeinsantarosa

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:01 am**

Just upgraded TB and lightning from the test repo in MXPI to 68.4.1.

Code: Select all

Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease
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Ign:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:5 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease
Hit:6 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Get:8 https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_10.0 ./ InRelease [1,302 B]
Hit:9 http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/buster buster InRelease
Hit:10 http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo buster InRelease
Get:11 http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo buster InRelease [4,966 B]
Hit:12 https://keepersecurity.com/desktop_electron/Linux/repo/deb stable InRelease
Hit:13 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease
Get:15 http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo buster/test i386 Packages [323 kB]
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Reading package lists...
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Suggested packages:
  calendar-google-provider apparmor
The following packages will be upgraded:
  lightning thunderbird
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 88 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 129 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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Unpacking thunderbird (2:68.4.1-1~mx19+1) over (2:68.3.1-1~mx19+1) ...
Setting up lightning (2:68.4.1-1~mx19+1) ...
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Reading package lists...

Restarted and it indeed upgraded, but the calendar is now missing. I had to disable lightning in the addons, then add it again via the addons menu, and then enabled lightning and restarted TB again.

Bit of a nuisance, but now it's working again.

Posted: **Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:11 pm**

Eadwine,
I too have had issues upgrading thunderbird and having initial problems with lightning/calendar.
I've upgraded my laptop preserving home since MX15 and finally with buster. Recently my laptop became unstable so instead I backed my data up and installed Mx19 from scratch. This time thunderbird-68.3.1 installed with calendar working. After sending 68.4.1 up and upgrading to it today, calendar still worked.

From this experience, I'd have to assume that perhaps some bits from older tb installs have been interfering with newer tb upgrades on this laptop. Like I said, installing on a clean MX19 produced a problematic TB for me for 2 upgrades.

- mike

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:24 am**

I DID bring the .thunderbird folder along, yes. But I had to manually add lightning when I upgraded first. Given all that was now in order I assumed it would be fine when upgrading from the former 68 to the current.

There is just NO way that I am going to start with a clean profile.. too many mails in there

We'll see how the next upgrade fares.

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:11 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:24 am I DID bring the .thunderbird folder along, yes. But I had to manually add lightning when I upgraded first. Given all that was now in order I assumed it would be fine when upgrading from the former 68 to the current.

There is just NO way that I am going to start with a clean profile.. too many mails in there We'll see how the next upgrade fares.

First, I backed up all my data to an external drive before overwriting the disk. I drug my .thunderbird folder along too after I installed overwriting everything from scratch. I used an ISO steveo remastered that had some extra packaging parts on it. It did not have thunderbird installed after getting to its first desktop. So the first version that system saw was 68.3.1(mx19+1) and the upgrade to 68.4.1(mx19+1) didn't effect calendar. I think it must be leftover parts from the 60 series of thunderbird. I could purge all tb from a VM and install 68.4.1 and wait to try the next release after we build it to see if that one also leaves calendar alone. We heavily tweak TB from debian before putting it in our repos so the 68.3.1 from debian might not be a perfect test to start from but might as well be included to see what happens.

Posted: **Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:16 am**

Wait and see.. I'll be taking that folder along again when an update happens. Will let you know how that works out :)

Posted: **Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:31 am**

Today's updates included Thunderbird/Lightning 68.4.1. The calendar was missing after restarting Thunderbird but reinstalling the add-on solved that. However, printouts of the calendar no longer show the event colours, making the calendar very difficult to read. I've tried all printing options with no luck.

Any ideas before I downgrade to the previous version?

Posted: **Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:06 am**

Gaer Boy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:31 am Today's updates included Thunderbird/Lightning 68.4.1. The calendar was missing after restarting Thunderbird but reinstalling the add-on solved that. However, printouts of the calendar no longer show the event colours, making the calendar very difficult to read. I've tried all printing options with no luck.

Any ideas before I downgrade to the previous version?

Not off hand but did your system ever have any thunderbird < 68.3 on it?
The reason I ask is that I recently installed MX19 on a pristine hard drive where the 1st tb it saw was 68.3.1 and I have not seen any calendar problems yet. Before this I installed over previous versions of MX preserving home. Every new TB after the 60.n series on this system had an initial calendar issue. Although each new calendar issue was resolvable.

Are you saying that the colors show up on the screen but not on paper? Have you tried printing to .pdf to see if the colors show up there?

- mike

Posted: **Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:50 am**

My Thunderbird profile predates Mepis/MX and lives in my data partition. I edit the profile.ini file to point each installation to it. The earliest version of Thunderbird on this installation would have been whatever came with the ISO.

Yes - the colours show on screen but no longer print. I tried printing to .pdf but that's also missing the colours. This is a deal breaker for me - I need a monthly calendar to pin on the kitchen noticeboard. It takes events from 8 colour-coded calendar files and without the colours it's impossible to see which the event relates to. Increasing the text detail won't work - on some days the text already overflows the space.

Posted: **Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:35 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:24 am I DID bring the .thunderbird folder along, yes. But I had to manually add lightning when I upgraded first. Given all that was now in order I assumed it would be fine when upgrading from the former 68 to the current.

There is just NO way that I am going to start with a clean profile.. too many mails in there We'll see how the next upgrade fares.

I hear you loud and clear. I have emails dating back 15+ years (OMG how has all of that time managed to pass by)

and Lightning "stuff" that goes back for severral years, as well as forward indefinitely for some really important dates. Everything has to work with a move from XFCE profile to XFCE profile, regardless if MX or Mint are being used. My last issues however, the ones with the Janaury 20th update, were apaprently more related to themes/add-ons than anything else.

@Gaer Boy
Have you done a complete reboot yet? I have everything color coded as well. My first issue had to do with an incompatible dark theme which I changed to a compatible one. That definitely helped but didn't fix everything. As soon as I finished a complete reboot of the system, everything was back, even the color coding. Perhaps that might help you as well?

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Posted: **Tue Jan 21, 2020 7:36 am**

Beratung wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:35 am @Gaer Boy
Have you done a complete reboot yet? I have everything color coded as well. My first issue had to do with an incompatible dark theme which I changed to a compatible one. That definitely helped but didn't fix everything. As soon as I finished a complete reboot of the system, everything was back, even the color coding. Perhaps that might help you as well?
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Thanks, but I have tried rebooting to no effect. The colours are there on screen but do not print - and I have checked all the printer settings.

Posted: **Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:23 am**

Are you printing screenshots from file or are you printing from within the web-browser? Sometimes color adjustments can be made from the browser cups settings as well? Last but not least, have you tried it by booting to MX with systemd enabled during boot? I've been able to correct printer issues that way in the past. And if neither of the above work, then I guess that only leaves the latest Thunderbird package from the repos to try, or ugh, reverting to an earlier version. My wife once reverted to an earlier version in order to have all of those settings, but then she copied her most current message store folders into that reverted version, so she'd have her older Thunderbird but with all new messages intact.
That's about all that I can come up with ...

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Posted: **Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:56 am**

I'm printing using Thunderbird's built-in routine. I've tried both direct printing and printing to .pdf - both give the same result. There's nothing wrong with the printer settings - it's Thunderbird's implementation that has changed. I find that it's also necessary to set the orientation to landscape each time I print, whereas v60.9 remembered that setting.

There's no later version of Thunderbird in the repos and I can't find a solution, so I will downgrade to v60.9. If I can find the mx19 version, I'll use that, otherwise the Debian version.

Thanks for trying.

Posted: **Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:27 am**

Downgrading is not something I really want to do and I've been searching for solutions. Apparently v68.4.2 resolves some graphics problems introduced in v68. Can this be added to the repo, please.

Posted: **Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:30 am**

It's being reported worked on already.

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:09 am**

I have been eyeing the update that is in the works, checking the test repo, but it is not appearing. Am I doing something wrong, or has it simply not been sent up yet?

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:01 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:09 am I have been eyeing the update that is in the works, checking the test repo, but it is not appearing. Am I doing something wrong, or has it simply not been sent up yet?

Eadwine, I got it up late last night and it just showed up in the main repo so it may take a bit for it to make it into synaptic.

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:02 am**

In the main repo? Shouldn't that be in test?

edit: there it is.. well.. let's see!

Oh sorry about that.. I didn't mean to say "yo hurry the f up", hahaha, I was just genuinely wondering if I was looking in the wrong spot or something :)

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:14 am**

Upgraded just now to 68.4.2 (64-bits), calendar and all is still working. Peachy! Thank you :)

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:29 am**

Got the 68.4.2 update this morning, working well for me.

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:34 am**

We were putting Thunderbird updates into Test because version 61.0 broke all the old extensions.
Then GMail broke compatibility with our version 60.9 - and by then there had been time for the extension authors to fix things, so we put the latest in Main to fix that.
Now that we're back on the main line version, it makes sense to regularly update Thunderbird in Main just as we update Firefox & Palemoon.

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:40 am**

Ahhh ok :) Thanks for explaining that one.

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:35 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:02 am In the main repo? Shouldn't that be in test?

edit: there it is.. well.. let's see!

Oh sorry about that.. I didn't mean to say "yo hurry the f up", hahaha, I was just genuinely wondering if I was looking in the wrong spot or something :)

I got distracted on a pbuilder issue I was having so actually building stuff sidelined. Please post any testing results. Maybe gaerBoy's color issue is resolved in this one.

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 4:24 pm**

I just installed 68.4.2 and all seems well.

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:28 pm**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:35 pm I got distracted on a pbuilder issue I was having so actually building stuff sidelined. Please post any testing results. Maybe gaerBoy's color issue is resolved in this one.

Thanks, but no change. I did try the accessibility setting but that had no effect that I could see. I'll wait a bit longer - I have a workaround via a screenshot.

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:31 pm**

How do you add the color to the calendar? I would like to test that if it is easy, see if it works for me or not.

Never used that before so.. *shrug* Not a clue

:)

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:40 am**

Right click on the calendar name on the left. Select properties, then change the colour.

calendar.png

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:04 am**

Oh haha.. I have colors already, they were just automatically assigned and didn't think anything of them.

In any case, when I select file - print it gives me a list, not a calendar overview like I see on the screen. *scratches head* must be missing something here.

Ahem.. found it. file - print, and in the new screen "layout", change to monthly grid in the drop down.
Shows preview with colors, let's see what gives when I select a small section to print..... *starting printer...*

Did check to print background colors and background images.

*drums fingers*

And it prints with colors for me.

Tried another one with NOT checking them, does NOT print colors then. So you have to check these two:

print.jpg

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:56 am**

Doesn't work for me, Eadwine. There have been a number of changes to the calendar print routine in the last two years. The printing options, once set, were remembered (you still had to choose the format) - they now have to be chosen every print. The event times are now printed in full (start-finish) - they were printed as the display (start only). This latest change is a nuisance - I will keep on trying solutions, but I currently maximise the window, take a screenshot, open in nomacs and print. The headings and day numbers are not as clear but the events forecast is better and there's more space for manual entries on the print. I may stick with this option.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:59 am**

Gaer Boy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:56 am The printing options, once set, were remembered (you still had to choose the format) - they now have to be chosen every print.

Confirmed, I have to set it up again.

The event times are now printed in full (start-finish) - they were printed as the display (start only). This latest change is a nuisance - I will keep on trying solutions, but I currently maximise the window, take a screenshot, open in nomacs and print. The headings and day numbers are not as clear but the events forecast is better and there's more space for manual entries on the print. I may stick with this option.

Sounds like the best compromise!

But how annoying it isn't working for you.

Posted: **Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:59 pm**

thunderbird-68.5.0 is now in main.

* There was 1 High & 6 moderate security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

Gaer Boy, check the fixes section in the what's new link. It looks like they did some work on calendar colors.

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:09 pm**

Thanks! Looks ok so far :)

Posted: **Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:25 pm**

+1. No problems

Posted: **Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:53 am**

thunderbird-68.6.0 is now in main.

* There was 5 High & 3 moderate security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:25 am**

Installed it earlier today, so far so good :)

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:01 am**

thunderbird-68.7.0 is now in main.

* There was 6 security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:45 am**

Thanks.. works ok so far :)

Posted: **Fri May 15, 2020 10:26 am**

thunderbird-68.8.0 is now in main.

* There was 3 critical security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Fri May 15, 2020 10:38 am**

Seems to be working ok, thanks Mike :)

Posted: **Fri Jul 17, 2020 4:28 pm**

thunderbird-68.10.0 is now in main.

* There have been 12 high security issues fixed since 68.8.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:24 am**

thunderbird-68.11.0 is now in main.

* There have been 4 high security issues fixed since 68.10.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:20 pm**

thunderbird-68.12.0 is now in main.

* There were 4 high security issues fixed this release

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:32 pm**

Been using it for a bit now, working fine, thanks Mike :)

Posted: **Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:37 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 6:32 pm Been using it for a bit now, working fine, thanks Mike :)

Thanks for the testing post - Mike

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:14 am**

I am using MX Linux 19 and Thunderbird 68.12 (64 bits) on a Yoga 2 Pro laptop with i7, 8 gb of RAM and SSD of 512 gb. Sadly, Thunderbird is VERY sluggish, and when I click on the ALL MAIL folder, which has ~35000 messages, it takes forever to get a response or be able to do anything (like read a message). This was not the case when I used Mint 19.2 XFCE, or when I use Windows 10. I routinely delete the trash and compact the folders.
What is going on?

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:46 am**

venik212 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:14 am I am using MX Linux 19 and Thunderbird 68.12 (64 bits) on a Yoga 2 Pro laptop with i7, 8 gb of RAM and SSD of 512 gb. Sadly, Thunderbird is VERY sluggish, and when I click on the ALL MAIL folder, which has ~35000 messages, it takes forever to get a response or be able to do anything (like read a message). This was not the case when I used Mint 19.2 XFCE, or when I use Windows 10. I routinely delete the trash and compact the folders.
What is going on?

I didn't get a hit with the latest thunderbird and I don't see other recent complaints here so I can only assume something happened on your system. I do see plenty of hits for reasons why tb may be slow for other users. Maybe check some of those?

- Mike

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:04 am**

Thunderbird is in the strange position of having released version 78 to the public but not having released it to the repos. I'm not clear what they're waiting for. It's been a download on their site for a couple of months now.

It's supposed to be a major advance, with built in encryption, a new dark theme, and more. I took a look at it, but didn't find much guidance as to how to install it, so I'm on 68 from MXPI.

I was more inclined toward kmail since I've switch to the kde desktop, but kmail has far too many problems at this point. TB has been doing fine, helped by the birdtray applet, I have to say.

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:51 am**

paul1149 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:04 am Thunderbird is in the strange position of having released version 78 to the public but not having released it to the repos. I'm not clear what they're waiting for. It's been a download on their site for a couple of months now.

It's supposed to be a major advance, with built in encryption, a new dark theme, and more. I took a look at it, but didn't find much guidance as to how to install it, so I'm on 68 from MXPI.

I was more inclined toward kmail since I've switch to the kde desktop, but kmail has far too many problems at this point. TB has been doing fine, helped by the birdtray applet, I have to say.

We wait for it to be debian-ized before hooking it up to our repos. There's nothing stopping you from upgrading to something straight from mozilla. We just won't be able to fix it on our end if you find something amiss.

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:21 pm**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:51 am 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...

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:25 pm**

paul1149 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:21 pm
mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:51 am 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!

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:45 pm**

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

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:14 pm**

paul1149 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:45 pm 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.

Posted: **Wed Sep 02, 2020 5:40 pm**

Cool. Thanks much.

Posted: **Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:38 am**

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

Posted: **Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:06 pm**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:38 amthunderbird-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

Posted: **Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:26 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:51 am**

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.

Posted: **Tue Oct 27, 2020 7:08 am**

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

Posted: **Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:54 am**

Hello, mmikeinsantarosa,

in the thread Packages being worked on by the Repo Team you mentioned on Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:26 pm

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:26 pmthunderbird-78.4.2 from sid

I wonder a bit whether there is any plan perhaps on publishing Thunderbird 78.5.0 in the MX Test repo any time soon?
(Yes, Thunderbird updates kept on coming in in very short intervals during the past few weeks.)

Best regards,
Karl

Posted: **Sun Nov 22, 2020 10:33 am**

karlchen wrote: ↑Sun Nov 22, 2020 8:54 am Hello, mmikeinsantarosa,

in the thread Packages being worked on by the Repo Team you mentioned on Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:26 pm
mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:26 pmthunderbird-78.4.2 from sid
I wonder a bit whether there is any plan perhaps on publishing Thunderbird 78.5.0 in the MX Test repo any time soon?
(Yes, Thunderbird updates kept on coming in in very short intervals during the past few weeks.)

Best regards,
Karl

I gave it go earlier last week and it wouldn't build. Still working on it. - Mike

Posted: **Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:55 am**

thunderbird-78.5.0 is now in test.

* There were 3 high, 8 moderate and 2 low security issues fixed in this release

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

- mike

Posted: **Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:09 pm**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:55 amthunderbird-78.5.0 is now in test.

... and on my MX 19.3 system.

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$ inxi -Sxxx
System:    Host: unimatrix3 Kernel: 4.19.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 
           info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.3_x64 patito feo February 15  2020 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)

Thank you very much to you Mike.

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:16 pm**

btw, to fix my at&t login issue about a month ago, I had to upgrade to 78.4. The 68.12 I was using just didn't want to cooperate. I'm now on 78.5 and like others have pointed out, it looks a little different but I had no issues upgrading. - Mike

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:32 pm**

Couldn't get the calendar working, provider google calendar was not supported for 78.5, even though I installed the package in MXPI test. Went back to the one in popular apps.

MAN is that new version UGLY! Yikes.

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:13 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:32 pm Couldn't get the calendar working, provider google calendar was not supported for 78.5, even though I installed the package in MXPI test. Went back to the one in popular apps.

MAN is that new version UGLY! Yikes.

My lightning/calendar is present and working. I'm assuming you upgraded from 78.4.0 like I did.
google calendar?

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:21 pm**

Nope I upgraded from 68.12 0-1 etc the mx one, the most recent in stable.

Calendar google provider: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/th ... -calendar/
Version 78.2.0 shows up in the add ons, not 78.5.

I cannot enable my calendar since that calendar google provider is not compatible.

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Am I in the right thread for this btw?

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:46 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:21 pm Am I in the right thread for this btw?

I'd say so.
I've never used google calendar but it looks like it's been a problem since July of this year. And I see some reports of no lightning being present after 78.n.
hmmm...

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:52 pm**

Yeah I know.. I read a few hopeful messages which made me decide to pinch the nose and plunge in. It was some icy water alright!

I wager I will stick with this 68. Just another reason to be careful with upgrading. I know how to get the old one back and I made a backup right before I tried. Not everyone knows what to do and how to.

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:55 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:52 pm Yeah I know.. I read a few hopeful messages which made me decide to pinch the nose and plunge in. It was some icy water alright!

I wager I will stick with this 68. Just another reason to be careful with upgrading. I know how to get the old one back and I made a backup right before I tried. Not everyone knows what to do and how to.

I tried a 78.5 upgrade in a VM that had my .thunderbird folder installed and it all looked good. If I'd lost my lightning, I'd have said something.

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:03 pm**

Lightning seems to be installed ok (I get to see the calendar in the calendar tab).

The calendar file is there, grayed out, but I cannot select it. The text with it states something is wrong with an extension IIRC. When I go into the add ons I get that not compatible message on the aforementioned.

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:05 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:03 pm Lightning seems to be installed ok (I get to see the calendar in the calendar tab).

The calendar file is there, grayed out, but I cannot select it. The text with it states something is wrong with an extension IIRC. When I go into the add ons I get that not compatible message on the aforementioned.

Just to be clear, your lightning calendar still works but the google calendar does not. I just did another test upgrade from 68.12 to 78.5 and my lightning is fully functional.
I remember the warning about a bunch of add-ons being killed moving to the 78.n series so the google calendar must be in that mix.

I see there are 3 add-ons for google calendar in my 78.5 and I added all 3 and could probably get to a google calendar if I had one.

Have you checked to make sure all 3 addons are added and enabled?

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:15 pm**

3 add ons? No I only have those I mentioned before, lightning and that one that gets not compatible.

I haven't looked that far, no. Just check for 'google calendar' in there? Ok then.. I can tinker around and see if I can get something

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:20 pm**

OWH!

Whahahaha I searched, calendar. Another 'provider for google calendar' appeared that didn't say it wasn't compatible, clicked install, checked and whap, working. Calendar checked and active.

NAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

I still think the icons look like crap though, compared to the 68 one.

Oh.. that was short lived. My calendar is now gone. I closed TB, reopened and gone.

And solved. Had to remove them and re-add.

Let's see if it sticks on a restart.

Nope, had to readd and reinstall the calendar provider.. now it does seem to stick. WEIRD..

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:33 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:20 pmI still think the icons look like crap though, compared to the 68 one.

Agreed.
This is why I installed the extension "Phoenity Icons for Thunderbird".
Thunderbird Addons page address: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/th ... ity-icons/

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:46 pm**

Thanks for that. I will leave it as is though. Less added to it is less that can error out :)

Posted: **Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:53 pm**

I just tried PGP in TB 78.x.x, and as advertised, set up was a breeze.

Posted: **Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:19 am**

Upgraded to TB 78.5.0 with no problems. The only add-ons installed were Quicktext & Manually sort folders. I've since installed Phoenity Icons the familiar appearance is more comfortable. Calendar printing is still broken - no display of calendar colours. I'll get used to the different way of entering cc & Bcc in time.

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:43 am**

Package Installer Version of Thunderbird is, as we know, still 68.12.0 for some reason.
Though my Enigmail-Addon was lately upgraded to 2.2.4 (Stable Repository).
Enigmail 2.2.4 is NOT compatible with TB 68.12.0.

Will the Enigmail version be corrected to a compatible version in the Stable Repository soon?

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:25 pm**

Moderator

Please do not double post. The same question is in the German Language Forum. Post in either one but not both.

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:26 pm**

Thank you for reminding me. Now I changed the text of the post here. It is not the same question than in the German Language Forum but it is still about the same topic. Hope that is in line with the forum rules now. If not, please let me know. But how can I delete a post? Or should I strike it out or what should I do?

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:10 pm**

No need to delete anything. Users cannot delete posts. In the future, for the same issue please post once. Thank you.

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:58 am**

averagejoe wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:43 am Package Installer Version of Thunderbird is, as we know, still 68.12.0 for some reason.
Though my Enigmail-Addon was lately upgraded to 2.2.4 (Stable Repository).
Enigmail 2.2.4 is NOT compatible with TB 68.12.0.

Will the Enigmail version be corrected to a compatible version in the Stable Repository soon?

68.12 is the latest in the main repo. 78.5.0 is in the test repo. After launching mxpi, you need to select the "MX Test Repo" tab. - Mike

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:02 pm**

OK. Thank you.
So I'll check how to handle Enigmail with TB 78.*

Posted: **Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:34 pm**

thunderbird-78.6.0 is now in test.

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

And thunderbird has a new home. Check it out!

- mike

Posted: **Fri Dec 25, 2020 3:04 am**

Hello, guys! I'm new here to this community. I use MX Linux for almost a year and a half and I like it a lot, so thank you for your work. Now, I need to install thunderbird. Because thunderbird doesn't have a minimize-to-tray-support I found a program from github named systray-x (https://github.com/Ximi1970/systray-x) which does this work. Unfortunately, this program doesn't work with the epoch number 2 of the package, a.k.a Thunderbird by MX Community (2:68.12.0-1). It's OK, but I would like to ask. What kind of modifications are there in this package? I mean, did you enhance security? Did you fix bugs? What kind of stuff does this mod have that epoch number 1 thunderbird package doesn't have?

Sorry for my English and, also, sorry if I use any term with a wrong way.

Posted: **Fri Dec 25, 2020 5:09 am**

We also have Birdtray available to minimize to the tray. You can find it in the stable repo tab in MXPI.

In the test tab there is also xul-ext-firetray.

Whether or not it works for you I don't know.

Posted: **Fri Dec 25, 2020 6:23 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 5:09 am We also have Birdtray available to minimize to the tray. You can find it in the stable repo tab in MXPI.

In the test tab there is also xul-ext-firetray.

Whether or not it works for you I don't know.

Thank you for your reply. I read here (see the link) that birdtray doesn't work properly.
It says: "It is a nasty hack -- an external process looking at Thunderbird's insides, it suffers from problems like noticing new mails only after a delay, having to restart Thunderbird just to hide its window, etc -- you'd want to use an extension like firetray instead -- but, it is likely that support for Thunderbird XUL extensions will be dropped soon, possibly by the time you read these words."

What do you say about this? Do you think is good?

https://packages.debian.org/buster/birdtray

Posted: **Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:11 am**

I say that I use it daily and it works just fine as long as you set it up right.

Posted: **Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:07 pm**

thunderbird-78.7.0 is now in test.

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

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

- mike

Posted: **Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:56 pm**

I have had it working since yesterday, looks ok to me so far :)

Posted: **Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:14 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:56 pm I have had it working since yesterday, looks ok to me so far :)

thanks Eadwine

Posted: **Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:30 pm**

It works good for me too.Thanks

Posted: **Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:51 am**

Fine here as well.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2021 8:32 pm**

thunderbird-78.8.0 is now in test.

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

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

- mike

Posted: **Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:17 am**

I am a bit confused.

When I start MXPI test repo, I find this:

MXPI Thunderbird test.jpg

It looks like there is a new version. Version 78-9 .

But When I then choose the thunderbird packages and try to update, I get this:

Thunderbird version 8 zu 8.jpg

Looks like a contradiction.
My expection was, that it will update from 78-8 to 78-9 . But it looks like it want to update from 78-8 to 78-8.

(?)

Posted: **Mon Mar 29, 2021 5:30 am**

Interesting. I upgraded two days ago..

Code: Select all

2021-03-27  09:08:09  upgrade  lightning                     all    2:78.8.0-1mx19+1                2:78.9.0-1mx19+1
2021-03-27  09:08:06  upgrade  thunderbird                   amd64  2:78.8.0-1mx19+1                2:78.9.0-1mx19+1

Maybe reload?

Posted: **Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:59 am**

OK In the meantime I have found the culprit.

Repo source thunderbird.jpg

When I choose 1), then it happens what I have written in post #127. (78-8 to 78-8) Strange!

When I choose 2), then it shows me in the second dialog window --> update from 78-8 to 78-9
Yes, this is what I want. But when I then run the update there is a repository error.

So I have changed to the "Italy repo".
-> Now all went as expected. I have now version 78-9 .

Posted: **Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:48 pm**

Could you please allow me to ask another question?

It is related to this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=629368#p629368

In this thread I have asked how to let MX uppdater automatically update thunderbird 78 from test repository.
@tony37 gave me a trick to configure it in a way, that it would always download thunderbird 78 directly from debian repository.

So here is my question:
The version name in the "test repository" is "2:78.9.0-1mx19+1".
A) Why is it called "mx19+1"? Does this mean, that this is a version specially adapted for MX?
B) Does this mean that a modification for MX is necessary for Thunderbird 78 to work properly in MX?
C) Are there some differences between thunderbird 78 from MX test repository and the debian repository?
D) What disadvantages would I have, if I install thunderbird 78 from debian repository instead from MX test repository.

Thank you.

Posted: **Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:23 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Mar 30, 2021 5:10 am**

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?

Posted: **Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:34 pm**

working on it...

Posted: **Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:14 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:05 pm**

Duliwi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 5:10 am 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

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:57 am**

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.

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:37 am**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:05 pm 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)

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:38 am**

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)

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:42 am**

tony37 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:37 am
mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:05 pm 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.

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:00 pm**

Gaer Boy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:42 am 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

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:07 am**

The Test Repo version 78.10 works for me.
I had problems with a downloaded version from thunderbird (thunderbird-78.10.2.tar.bz2)
viewtopic.php?p=638690#p638690

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:43 am**

Never mind. Wrong thread.

Posted: **Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:44 pm**

berlin59 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:07 am The Test Repo version 78.10 works for me.
I had problems with a downloaded version from thunderbird (thunderbird-78.10.2.tar.bz2)
viewtopic.php?p=638690#p638690

As soon as 10.2 makes it into bullseye, I'll build it for our repos. - mike

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2021 11:34 am**

thunderbird-78.11.0 is now in test.

There was 1 high security risk fixed in this release

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

- mike

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2021 1:32 pm**

Been using it since I saw it appear. So far so good. Thanks :)

Posted: **Sun Jun 06, 2021 2:28 pm**

thanks for the testing post Eadwine!

Posted: **Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:05 pm**

thunderbird-78.12.0 is now in test.

There were 5 high security risks fixed in this release

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

- mike

Posted: **Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:05 am**

Works fine so far, thanks!

Posted: **Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:14 am**

Thunderbird 91 released yesterday.

Thunderbird version 91.0 is only offered as direct download from thunderbird.net and not as an upgrade from Thunderbird version 78 or earlier. A future release will provide updates from earlier versions.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:33 pm**

thunderbird-78.13.0 is now in test.

There were 7 high security risks fixed in this release

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

- mike

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:11 am**

thunderbird-78.14.0 is now in test.

There were 1 high & 2 moderate security risks fixed in this release

Check out the release notes page for additional information.

- mike

Posted: **Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:02 pm**

Thanks Mike. Installed fine, installed two libthingies new along with it, no issues here, and all looks ok so far. :)

(asking Eadwine, what did it install? "Some libthingies")

Posted: **Fri Jun 17, 2022 4:58 pm**

thunderbird-91.10.0 is now in test

* There were 9 High security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

Feel free to leave any testing rersults here. - mike

Posted: **Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:05 am**

Upgraded fine and all runs well, although I did have to disable & re-enable the Phoenity icons add-on.

Posted: **Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:16 am**

Gaer Boy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:05 am Upgraded fine and all runs well, although I did have to disable & re-enable the Phoenity icons add-on.

Thanks for the testing post. where are you getting the icon set from? Is that an add on?

Posted: **Sun Jun 19, 2022 4:57 am**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:16 am
Gaer Boy wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:05 am Upgraded fine and all runs well, although I did have to disable & re-enable the Phoenity icons add-on.
Thanks for the testing post. where are you getting the icon set from? Is that an add on?

Yes - phoenity-icons. It's a partial set but I prefer it to the plain flat defaults in TBird 91.

icons.png

Posted: **Sun Jun 19, 2022 5:17 am**

Quick question about phoenity-icons. After upgrading to 91.10.0 to each time I start TB, the phoenity icons are not applied despite being enabled in add ons. I have to go to the addons disable/enable it and the icons phoenity icons are applied. Do you get same behavior or it works as it should?

Posted: **Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:15 am**

@Lichuj Yes - as I said, I had to disable and re-enable to get the icons to appear.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2022 5:44 pm**

thunderbird-102.3.0 is now in test

* There were 5 High security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

You get color icons by default.

Feel free to leave any testing results here. - mike

Posted: **Sun Oct 30, 2022 8:07 pm**

thunderbird-102.4.0 is now in test

* There were 3 High security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:17 pm**

thunderbird-102.5.0 is now in test

* There were 7 High security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:32 pm**

thunderbird-102.6.0 is now in test

* There were 5 High and 3 moderate security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Tue Dec 20, 2022 5:38 pm**

Thanks, Mike!

Posted: **Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:06 pm**

thunderbird-102.8.0 is now in test

* There were 8 High and 3 moderate security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:01 pm**

thunderbird-102.10.0 is now in test

* There were 9 High and 6 moderate security issues fixed in this release.

Check out the release notes page for all the scoop on this release.

- mike

Posted: **Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:03 pm**

thunderbird-102.15.0 is now in test

Check out the release notes page for more information about this release.

- mike

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