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Posted: **Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:14 am**

The latest thunderbird-52.5.0 is now available to upgrade to. This one does include a critical security fix.

Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.5
ANNOUNCED
November 23, 2017
IMPACT
CRITICAL
PRODUCTS
Thunderbird
FIXED IN
Thunderbird 52.5
In general, these flaws cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts.

#CVE-2017-7828: Use-after-free of PressShell while restyling layout

REPORTER
Nils
IMPACT
CRITICAL
Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the PressShell object has been freed while still in use. This results in a potentially exploitable crash during these operations.

References

Bug 1406750
Bug 1412252
#CVE-2017-7830: Cross-origin URL information leak through Resource Timing API

REPORTER
Jun Kokatsu
IMPACT
HIGH
Description

The Resource Timing API incorrectly revealed navigations in cross-origin iframes. This is a same-origin policy violation and could allow for data theft of URLs loaded by users.

References

Bug 1408990
#CVE-2017-7826: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 57, Firefox ESR 52.5, and Thunderbird 52.5

REPORTER
Mozilla developers and community
IMPACT
CRITICAL
Description

Mozilla developers and community members Christian Holler, David Keeler, Jon Coppeard, Julien Cristau, Jan de Mooij, Jason Kratzer, Philipp, Nicholas Nethercote, Oriol Brufau, André Bargull, Bob Clary, Jet Villegas, Randell Jesup, Tyson Smith, Gary Kwong, and Ryan VanderMeulen reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 56, Firefox ESR 52.4, and Thunderbird 52.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

References

For more info, check out the release notes at the mozilla site.

- mike

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:03 pm**

thunderbird_52.6.0 is now available to upgrade to. Critical security fixes were made on this release.

Upgrading is advised.

- mike

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:04 pm**

No hiccups here, thanks for keeping up with this.

Posted: **Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:31 pm**

thunderbird-52.7 is now available to upgrade to.

Fixed - Searching message bodies of messages in local folders, including filter and quick filter operations, did not find content in message attachments
Fixed - Better error handling for Yahoo accounts
Fixed - Various critical security fixes

Note: Probably a good idea to upgrade to get the security fixes.

See the release notes page for more information.

- mike

Posted: **Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:54 pm**

Thanks Mike :)

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2018 6:19 pm**

Within in another thread here I tried to provide a solution to sort out the
localization issue we had for getting thunderbird full localized easier for the user.

After some discussions with mmikeinsantarosa and stevo I have tried stevo's proposal
to use debian provided version instead of mx-provided mozilla-version.
And yes, the debian-version will sort out the l10n-issue just out of the box,
without any tweaking!
Based on this, here is now my new proposal to finally have sorted the language issues:

The Situation:
We do have within mx-repo and debian-stable repo two identical thundebird versions.
The package-version in mx-repo is higher than the debian-version so that it gets installed by default.
The mx-version based on mozilla includes the calendar lightning, whereas the debian version
provides the calendar within an extra lightning-package.

The Challenge:
How to install the version from debian-repo which has a lower package-version number than the mx-repo without breaking anything else and without get upgraded to the higher mx-package version from the mx-repo? How to receive further updates from debian, without holding just the current debian-version? How to include the calandar into the debian version so it will be always available for the user as it was before when he just was installing thunderbird?

The Solution:
Without doing any re-packaging or any further big development work and without
breaking any dependency the solution is provided here within 2 steps:
1. Make apt-package manager accept to install and update debian's version from debian repo
with upgrading from mx-provided mozilla-version by applying the following apt-preferences:

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## apt-preferences: /etc/apt/preferences.d/debian-thunderbird.pref
##
## this will make apt to prefer debian's provided thunderbird  
## 
Package: thunderbird
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable,n=stretch
Pin-Priority: 1001

2. Make MX Package Installer (MXPI) to install thunderbird+lightning together
as one 'meta' combo-pack and have all debian provided languages for the thundebird-lightning
combo available as one lang-'meta'-pack combo also.
To create the correct MXPI package-list for all debian provided languages is just matter for
running a little script. The is actually fairly easy exercise and would not require any
development work.
It's even better to generate all MXPI menu-entries for all debian provided languages
than to manually adjust or modify the existing one's. Not to mention that within the current
MXPI langpacks we already missing some languages which are officially available.

The Migration:
To make sure to migrate exiting thunderbirds together with the user installed mx-language-packs
to the debian-version we just need to include into an apt-preference-package within
the pre- and post install steps to check which langpacks are needed do a reinstall of debians
version for both thunderbird-and lightning lang-packs!
Such an apt-preference-package could be included e.g. either with mx-apps- or mx-systems-metapack!

The End:
Any comments, corrections or concerns are welcome!

--fehlix

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:04 pm**

I'm camping all week and not in a position to do much.

Posted: **Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:28 pm**

That looks really good to me, and I can't see any thing that should block the transition.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:01 pm**

Since the language packages have differentbase names , the only way I can think of to have an automatic changeover to the new versions is to add dummy packages for the old names that depend on the equivalent new langpacks, which requires a lot of editing of the control file, the user ends up with a dummy package installed unless they manually remove it, and we are stuck with that system from now on.

The alternative is to just manage the changeover with a script, but that depends on having the user execute that command, something like "sudo langpack-switch".

So...what are your thoughts?

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:39 pm**

Stevo wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:01 pm Since the language packages have differentbase names , the only way I can think of to have an automatic changeover to the new versions is to add dummy packages for the old names that depend on the equivalent new langpacks, which requires a lot of editing of the control file, the user ends up with a dummy package installed unless they manually remove it, and we are stuck with that system from now on.

The alternative is to just manage the changeover with a script, but that depends on having the user execute that command, something like "sudo langpack-switch".

From user perspective the smoothest transition to the debian based packages would be to have for all l10n-xpi-LANG-packages higher version-ed dummy meta-packs, which would pull in during update the required debian lang packs.
Any alternative which requires a manual actions from the user will certainly dramatically increase the number of help-post's within this forum about missing languages within thunderbird .
--fehlix

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:06 pm**

It's just that the dummy packages require a lot of tedious editing of the control file without any typos...a big challenge for me! But I'll get started on that.

Edit: The addition of the thunderbird-l10-xpi dummy packages went pretty quick once I realized I could just copypaste the list of Icedove l10n dummy packages and convert that list with search and replace. Starting the mx17+2 builds now. I notice from watching the memory usage that at some points the build consumes over 8 GB of RAM, so you have to be careful if you want to do more than one at once.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:44 pm**

Stevo wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:06 pm It's just that the dummy packages require a lot of tedious editing of the control file without any typos...a big challenge for me! But I'll get started on that.

Not sure I undestand. What about this one meta-file control for fr_FR.

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Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-de
Version: 2:52.8.0-1~mx17+1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Stevo
Installed-Size: xx
Depends: thunderbird-l10n-fr, lightning-l10n-fr
Section: localization
Priority: optional
Description: metapackage for thunderbird and lightning localization 
 This metapackage depends on loccalization packages for Thunderbird and Lightning-Calendar

Wouldn't the corresponding meta-packages with the avove control file just do what we want.
The control files for the xpi-metapacks could just be generated in one go for LANGs we have, or not?
-fehlix

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:56 pm**

fehlix wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:44 pm
Stevo wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:06 pm It's just that the dummy packages require a lot of tedious editing of the control file without any typos...a big challenge for me! But I'll get started on that.
Not sure I undestand. What about this one meta-file control for fr_FR.
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Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-de
Version: 2:52.8.0-1~mx17+1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Stevo
Installed-Size: xx
Depends: thunderbird-l10n-fr, lightning-l10n-fr
Section: localization
Priority: optional
Description: metapackage for thunderbird and lightning localization 
 This metapackage depends on loccalization packages for Thunderbird and Lightning-Calendar
Wouldn't the corresponding meta-packages with the avove control file just do what we want.
The control files for the xpi-metapacks could just be generated in one go for LANGs we have, or not?
-fehlix

See my edit above for my quick way to generate the list. So the actual entry end up as:

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Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-de
Architecture: all
Section: oldlibs
Depends:
 thunderbird-l10n-de (>= ${binary:Version}),
 ${misc:Depends},
Homepage: https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Teams:de
Description: German language package for Thunderbird - Transitional package
 This is a dummy package for the transition of the MX to Debian versions.
 The goal of Thunderbird is to produce a cross platform stand-alone mail
 application using the XUL user interface language.
 .
 This package contains the localization of Thunderbird in German.
 .
 This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

Also, I think you're confusing the control file that ends up in the deb for the debian/control file that generates it. There are some critical differences...you can look at the original in the debian.tar.xz tarball in the mx test repo for tbird. Now with my edits, it's well over 5000 lines long...

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:00 pm**

nice! and I like the use of "oldlibs" for the section. those are usuallyremovable some how by some of the apt utilities.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:10 pm**

dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:00 pm nice! and I like the use of "oldlibs" for the section. those are usuallyremovable some how by some of the apt utilities.

If we find out what they are, that would be a nice feature to add to "MX Cleanup" or whatever it ends up named.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:41 pm**

Stevo wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:56 pm .. Also, I think you're confusing the control file that ends up in the deb for the debian/control file that generates it.

Well, indeed I've only looked into resulting deb-controls.
My example was just to demonstrate the idea and addionally
I have included the dependancy of both thunderbird-l10n and lightning-l10n
Based on the above example build-control all the other could be generated.
I can use your's above and I generate all the remainig one's
including the lighning-l10n.
Or just send me one which you think I can use for generating all
in one go.
... just a thought
EDIT: let me look into debian source first...lets see how to "generate" those above ...

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:42 pm**

The current way the Debian version does the control file is just to use a separate package entry for every real and dummy package. I think the MX version used a separate language list file and some code to generate the entries for the langpacks from that file...which came from kmathern. But it was pretty easy to copy/paste/search/replace to generate the full list for our dummy packages, anyway. FWIW, it now generates over 300 packages for the build--600 if you count MX 15.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:55 pm**

Ok so we should get the pm files for mx-packageinstaller-pkglist updated too.

I'm thinking that instead of separate entries for lightning and thunderbird that we put both language packs in the thunderbird language pm files.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:58 pm**

Sounds good. Builds with dummies are done, but I'll ask Tim to put them in testing until everything in main and PM is squared away. Then we can purge the MX packages and move the new ones to main.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:09 pm**

Stevo wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:58 pm Sounds good. Builds with dummies are done, but I'll ask Tim to put them in testing until everything in main and PM is squared away. Then we can purge the MX packages and move the new ones to main.

sounds good, that will give us a chance to enable test and try out the pm files too.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:47 pm**

Stevo wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:42 pm The current way the Debian version does the control file is just to use a separate package entry for every real and dummy package. I think the MX version used a separate language list file and some code to generate the entries for the langpacks from that file...which came from kmathern. But it was pretty easy to copy/paste/search/replace to generate the full list for our dummy packages, anyway. FWIW, it now generates over 300 packages for the build--600 if you count MX 15.

Attach find script which generates the conrol file for meta-dummy language packs
for all debian languages.
I'm not sure from the latest above example control you have shown, "your" meta-dummies will include lightning-language-packs.
If not, we would still have user with thunderbird without the correct lang for lightning.
Here how the first control lines of the generated looks like, which includes ligtning-lang-packs
(also attached within the tar):

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Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-ar
Architecture: all
Section: oldlibs
Depends:
 thunderbird-l10n-ar (>= ${binary:Version}),
 lightning-l10n-ar (>= ${binary:Version}),
 ${misc:Depends},
Description: Arabic language package for Thunderbird and lightning - Transitional package
 This is a dummy package for the transition of the MX to Debian versions.
 .
 This package contains the localization of Thunderbird and lightning in Arabic.
 .
 This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-ast
Architecture: all
Section: oldlibs
Depends:
 thunderbird-l10n-ast (>= ${binary:Version}),
 lightning-l10n-ast (>= ${binary:Version}),
 ${misc:Depends},
Description: Asturian language package for Thunderbird and lightning - Transitional package
 This is a dummy package for the transition of the MX to Debian versions.
 .
 This package contains the localization of Thunderbird and lightning in Asturian.
 .
 This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-be
Architecture: all
Section: oldlibs
Depends:
 thunderbird-l10n-be (>= ${binary:Version}),
 lightning-l10n-be (>= ${binary:Version}),
 ${misc:Depends},
Description: Belarusian language package for Thunderbird and lightning - Transitional package
 This is a dummy package for the transition of the MX to Debian versions.
 .
 This package contains the localization of Thunderbird and lightning in Belarusian.
 .
 This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-bg
Architecture: all
Section: oldlibs
Depends:
 thunderbird-l10n-bg (>= ${binary:Version}),
 lightning-l10n-bg (>= ${binary:Version}),
 ${misc:Depends},
Description: Bulgarian language package for Thunderbird and lightning - Transitional package
 This is a dummy package for the transition of the MX to Debian versions.
 .
 This package contains the localization of Thunderbird and lightning in Bulgarian.
 .
 This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-bn-bd
Architecture: all
Section: oldlibs
Depends:
 thunderbird-l10n-bn-bd (>= ${binary:Version}),
 lightning-l10n-bn-bd (>= ${binary:Version}),
 ${misc:Depends},
Description: Bengali language package for Thunderbird and lightning - Transitional package
 This is a dummy package for the transition of the MX to Debian versions.
 .
 This package contains the localization of Thunderbird and lightning in Bengali.
 .
 This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

Package: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-br
Architecture: all
Section: oldlibs
Depends:
 thunderbird-l10n-br (>= ${binary:Version}),
 lightning-l10n-br (>= ${binary:Version}),
 ${misc:Depends},
Description: Breton language package for Thunderbird and lightning - Transitional package
 This is a dummy package for the transition of the MX to Debian versions.
 .
 This package contains the localization of Thunderbird and lightning in Breton.
 .
 This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:54 pm**

I've been updating mx-packageinstaller-pkglist with the debian files, so those are ready when we finally move thunderbird to main.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:06 pm**

dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:54 pm I've been updating mx-packageinstaller-pkglist with the debian files, so those are ready when we finally move thunderbird to main.

Just fetched from git. Can't see any changes re thunderbird/l10n

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:07 pm**

fehlix wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:06 pm
dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:54 pm I've been updating mx-packageinstaller-pkglist with the debian files, so those are ready when we finally move thunderbird to main.
Just fetched from git. Can't see any changes re thunderbird/l10n

I just sync'd em about 10 seconds ago LOL.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:34 pm**

dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:07 pm
fehlix wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:06 pm
dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 7:54 pm I've been updating mx-packageinstaller-pkglist with the debian files, so those are ready when we finally move thunderbird to main.
Just fetched from git. Can't see any changes re thunderbird/l10n
I just sync'd em about 10 seconds ago LOL.

just checked:
those is wrong yet:
Turksih_thunderbird.pm: Turkish localisation of Thunderbird
Turksih_thunderbird.pm: thunderbird-l10n-xpi-tr

These are mssing:
Chinese_CN_Thunderbird.pm

EDIT:
Here all with decription and l10n's

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albanian_thunderbird.pm:     Albanian localisation of Thunderbird
albanian_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-sq
albanian_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-sq
arabic_thunderbird.pm:     Arabic localisation of Thunderbird
arabic_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-ar
arabic_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-ar
basque_thunderbird.pm:     Basque localisation of Thunderbird
basque_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-eu
basque_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-eu
Belarusian_Thunderbird.pm:     Belarusian localisation of Thunderbird
Belarusian_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-be
Belarusian_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-be
Bulgarian_Thunderbird.pm:     Bulgarian localisation of Thunderbird
Bulgarian_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-bg
Bulgarian_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-bg
Catalan_thunderbird.pm:     Catalan localisation of Thunderbird
Catalan_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-ca
Catalan_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-ca
croation_thunderbird.pm:     Croatian localisation of thunderbird
croation_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-hr
croation_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-hr
czech_thunderbird.pm:     Czech localisation of Thunderbird
czech_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-cs
czech_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-cs
danish_thunderbird.pm:     Danish localisation of Thunderbird
danish_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-da
danish_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-da
dutch_thunderbird.pm:     Dutch localisation of Thunderbird
dutch_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-nl
dutch_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-nl
english_gb_thunderbird.pm:     GB English localisation of Thunderbird
english_gb_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-en-gb
english_gb_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-en-gb
estonian_thunderbird.pm:     Estonian localisation of Thunderbird
estonian_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-et
estonian_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-et
finnish_thunderbird.pm:     Finnish localisation of Thunderbird
finnish_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-fi
finnish_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-fi
french_thunderbird.pm:     French localisation of Thunderbird
french_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-fr
french_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-fr
german_Thunderbird.pm:     German localisation of Thunderbird
german_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-de
german_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-de
greek_thunderbird.pm:     Greek localisation of Thunderbird
greek_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-el
greek_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-el
hungarian_Thunderbird.pm:     Hungarian localisation of Thunderbird
hungarian_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-hu
hungarian_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-hu
icelandic_Thunderbird.pm:     Icelandic localisation of Thunderbird
icelandic_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-is
icelandic_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-is
italian_Thunderbird.pm:     Italian localisation of Thunderbird
italian_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-it
italian_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-it
japanese_thunderbird.pm:     Japanese localisation of Thunderbird
japanese_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-ja
japanese_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-ja
korean_thunderbird.pm:     Korean localisation of Thunderbird
korean_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-ko
korean_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-ko
Lithuanian_Thunderbird.pm:     Lithuanian localisation of Thunderbird
Lithuanian_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-lt
Lithuanian_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-lt
Norwegian_Thunderbird.pm:     Norwegian localisation of Thunderbird
Norwegian_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-nb-no
Norwegian_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-nb-no 
polish_Thunderbird.pm:     Polish localisation of Thunderbird
polish_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-pl
polish_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-pl
portugese_br_thunderbird.pm:     Portuguese(BR) localisation of Thunderbird
portugese_br_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-pt-br 
portugese_br_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-pt-br
portugese_pt_Thunderbird.pm:     Portugese(PT) localisation of Thunderbird
portugese_pt_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-pt-pt
portugese_pt_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-pt-pt
romanian_thunderbird.pm:     Romanian localisation of Thunderbird
romanian_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-ro
romanian_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-ro
russian_Thunderbird.pm:     Russian localisation of Thunderbird
russian_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-ru
russian_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-ru
serbian_thunderbird.pm:     Serbian localisation of Thunderbird
serbian_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-sr
serbian_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-sr
Slovak_thunderbird.pm:     Slovak localisation of Thunderbird
Slovak_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-sk
Slovak_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-sk
Slovenian_Thunderbird.pm:     Slovenian localisation of Thunderbird
Slovenian_Thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-sl
Slovenian_Thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-sl
Spanish_thunderbird.pm:     Spanish localisation of Thunderbird
Spanish_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-es-es
Spanish_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-es-es
swedish_thunderbird.pm:     Swedish localisation of Thunderbird
swedish_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-sv-se 
swedish_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-sv-se 
Turksih_thunderbird.pm:     Turkish localisation of Thunderbird
Turksih_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-xpi-tr
Turksih_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-tr
ukrainian_thunderbird.pm:     Ukrainian localisation of Thunderbird
ukrainian_thunderbird.pm:     thunderbird-l10n-uk
ukrainian_thunderbird.pm:     lightning-l10n-uk

Just for double check!

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:03 pm**

this is what I've got now:

thunderbird-l10n-zh-cn
lightning-l10n-zh-cn

and adding
thunderbird-l10n-zh-tw
lightning-l10n-zh-tw

to a chinese - TW package.

will sync up changes soon. thanks!

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:16 pm**

OK, rebuilt Tbirb again with the new langpacks each depending on the equivalent lightning langpack. That should end up being the last changes necessary, I hope. Uploading now.

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:08 am**

Stevo wrote: Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:16 pm OK, rebuilt Tbirb again with the new langpacks each depending on the equivalent lightning langpack. That should end up being the last changes necessary, I hope. Uploading now.

Wow you are the man!

It works!
Just tested on Live boot setup existing tb + lang pack and than switched to testrepo!
Exactly as we have intended! tb+lightning shows up both with l10n enabled!

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:26 pm**

OK, I'll ask Tim to move the Birb over to main, pull our mozilla-binaries, and announce it in in the package threads. For future maintainers, I think these steps will work for rebuilds of new releases from Debian:

Bump the epoch to 2: for our rebuild.

Copy the control file over from the last MX rebuild. Check the changelog to see if any new langpacks were added and add those to the control file. You don't need dummy transitional packages for new ones.

Optional: the -dbg files end up at hundreds of MB and are very seldom used. They can be disabled in the rules file by editing the override:

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override_dh_strip:
	if [ "$(RELEASE)" != "UNRELEASED" ]; then \

to

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override_dh_strip:
	if [ "$(RELEASE)" = "UNRELEASED" ]; then \

Tbird automatically builds using all available cores/threads. I just noticed that the Liquorix kernel does this as well.

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:27 pm**

we need to update mx-packageinstaller-pkglist at the same time. the github is ready, but its not packaged yet.

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:31 pm**

Stevo wrote: Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:26 pm OK, I'll ask Tim to move the Birb over to main, pull our mozilla-binaries, and announce it in in the package threads. For future maintainers, I think these steps will work for rebuilds of new releases from Debian:

Bump the epoch to 2: for our rebuild.

Copy the control file over from the last MX rebuild. Check the changelog to see if any new langpacks were added and add those to the control file. You don't need dummy transitional packages for new ones.

Optional: the -dbg files end up at hundreds of MB and are very seldom used. They can be disabled in the rules file by editing the override:
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override_dh_strip:
	if [ "$(RELEASE)" != "UNRELEASED" ]; then \
to
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override_dh_strip:
	if [ "$(RELEASE)" = "UNRELEASED" ]; then \
Tbird automatically builds using all available cores/threads. I just noticed that the Liquorix kernel does this as well.

Just curious about how we build new releases of tb now:
1-Do we still use the get-orig-source and if so do we need a new method for lightning?
2-Since it sounds like we're really building them now as opposed to just repackaging the binaries, they'll need to be built on their real arch's instead of using the -B ai386/-aamd64 trick, right?
3-what comes after the backslash in your debug removal script?

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override_dh_strip:
	if [ "$(RELEASE)" != "UNRELEASED" ]; then \

4-anything (ie;icedove) else?

- mike

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:29 pm**

Yes, just get the new sources from Debian now when they appear there. That includes orig.tarballs for the localization and lightning sources, too, so it's all just one build. Just get all the source files and run "dpkg-source -x".

And, yes, build it from source like a normal backport package now. It worked fine in pbuilder, but a single build at times consumes over 8 GB of RAM, so doing four at once could go over 32 GB RAM usage if you happen to hit their max memory use all simultaneously.

It doesn't matter what comes after that line in the rules file, just edit it by taking out the exclamation point. This reverses what the following line does, which is to build the great big dbg file.

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:04 pm**

mx-packageinstaller-pkglist update sent to tim.

Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:18 pm**

All is good. My TB was updated and all langs OK. Calendar OK translated as well. MXPI perfect!

Posted: **Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:13 pm**

thunderbird-52.9.0 is now in the test repo ready for download. No release notes yet at mozilla.

Please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:50 pm**

Upgraded to 52.9 and been using it without problems. Looks to be mainly Bugfix, there had been some vulnerabilities reported and a possible buffer overflow when adjusting
canvas sizes. And they have added a compacting prompt for on-line IMAP mail. Thanks Mike - see more wildfires in your territory.

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:56 am**

lightning (2:52.9.0-1~mx17+1) wird eingerichtet ...
thunderbird (2:52.9.0-1~mx17+1) wird eingerichtet ...
Neue Version der Konfigurationsdatei /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.thunderbird wird installiert ...

working as before, no problems, thank you.

Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.9
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/ ... sa2018-18/

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:23 am**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:13 pm thunderbird-52.9.0 is now in the test repo ready for download. No release notes yet at mozilla.
Please post any testing results here.

TB and Calendar OK and translated. Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:10 pm**

I'm not sure how it affects MX, but TB 52.9.0 has apparently been rescinded due to possible data loss if attachments are detached: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/tb-p ... 06094.html

Looks like 63.0 is to be the next release: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1473893

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:18 pm**

Doubt if I have ever removed attachments, would not think to test that function. They are planning to issue a fix to 52.9.

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:26 pm**

Gordon Cooper wrote: Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:18 pm Doubt if I have ever removed attachments, would not think to test that function. They are planning to issue a fix to 52.9.

Same to me, I never have seen a need to remove an attachment from an email: Either keep or delete the email.

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:53 pm**

I can see where someone may wish to archive emails, but not whatever large attachments that may have come with them that they have already used or saved elsewhere, so not to use unnecessary space.

Of course, in any case, if they're given the option to do so, they should be able to do it without unexpected loss.

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:35 pm**

Forwarding an email without the attachment from originator might be a possibility for this fault?

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:36 pm**

Gordon Cooper wrote: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:35 pm Forwarding an email without the attachment from originator might be a possibility for this fault?

Forwarding could be a reason someone would want to detach it. But the problem reportedly occurs when an attachment is detached from a message in the Inbox or Sent folder, presumably using the attachment dialog at the bottom of the email. So if you open the email for forwarding before detaching the attachment you can delete the attachment from the box in the upper right corner, like other attachments you may add while editing an email, and I wouldn't expect it to affect the original email.

But I have no personal experience with it, and talking about detached attachments somehow confuses me (it doesn't take much).

Posted: **Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:03 pm**

Thunderbird 52.9.1, rebuilt from the source now in Debian Sid, is now in the main repository. Hopefully this update fixes the attachment data loss bug.

Posted: **Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:54 am**

TB 52.9.1 with Testmail, deleted attachm.

Warning, it will be lost forever, OK.

Closed TB, started again, no Problem.

Strange:
In "Vorschaufenster" i still can see 4,3 kb attachm., after opening in status: 1 attachm. deleted: ...pdf

so, it works.

Posted: **Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:07 pm**

Stevo wrote: Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:03 pm Thunderbird 52.9.1, rebuilt from the source now in Debian Sid, is now in the main repository....

I wonder if we might have a dependency issue on the 32bit version:

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Package: thunderbird:i386
Version: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
Depends: ...
 libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6)
 libhunspell-1.6-0

Package: thunderbird
Version: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
Depends: ...
 libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11)
 libhunspell-1.4-0

EDIT: Confirmed: we have an dependency issue: no updates of thunderbird on i386 systems.
I can update thunderbird only if I manually install the above libfontconfig1, libhunspell from MX testrepo.

Posted: **Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:23 pm**

fehlix wrote: Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:07 pm
Stevo wrote: Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:03 pm Thunderbird 52.9.1, rebuilt from the source now in Debian Sid, is now in the main repository....
I wonder if we might have a dependency issue on the 32bit version:
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Package: thunderbird:i386
Version: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
Depends: ...
 libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6)
 libhunspell-1.6-0

Package: thunderbird
Version: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
Depends: ...
 libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11)
 libhunspell-1.4-0

I just checked and it needs hunspell-1.6 and it builds without anything above stretch so I'll ask Tim to move it to main.

- mike

Posted: **Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:29 pm**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:23 pm
fehlix wrote: Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:07 pm
Stevo wrote: Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:03 pm Thunderbird 52.9.1, rebuilt from the source now in Debian Sid, is now in the main repository....
I wonder if we might have a dependency issue on the 32bit version:
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Package: thunderbird:i386
Version: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
Depends: ...
 libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6)
 libhunspell-1.6-0

Package: thunderbird
Version: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
Depends: ...
 libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11)
 libhunspell-1.4-0
I just checked and it needs hunspell-1.6 and it builds without anything above stretch so I'll ask Tim to move it to main.

- mike

In addition to hunspell I had also manualy intall libfontconfig1 from testrepo for i386 version, I think. ( tested on MX June without any testrepo)

Posted: **Sat Jul 14, 2018 11:27 am**

sure does, I'll ask tim to move that one as too. libfontconfig1-2.13's control file has a depends for ucm (>=0.29) [a typo perhaps] but 3.0 is in stable so this should be OK as well.

Posted: **Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 pm**

Looks like I accidentally built the 32-bit version on a pbuilder that had the test repos attached. It's easy to revert the pbuilder to vanilla Stretch in about 15 seconds, so I'll rebuild the 32-bit and have it as an upgrade.

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:09 pm**

I was able to build the thunderbird-60.0~b10 from Debian Experimental in pbuilder by adding cargo 0.26 from Ubuntu 16.04 to my local pbuilder repo. This cargo depends on libssl1.0.0-dev, which is not in Stretch, so I added the jessie-backports version of that to the local repo to save time (it will require a forwardport). I then disabled the options to use the system versions of hunspell, nspr, nss, and sqlite in debian/mozconfig.default to save some backporting and have Tbird build its own internal versions, and disabled those build-depends.

After a configure error during the build, it turned out that it needed libicu-dev >= 59.1, so backported that from snapshot.debian.org and added that new build-depend to the control file. Trying another build with that configuration now.

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:16 pm**

jeesh, that's pretty amazing stuff

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:35 pm**

Build successful, though it doesn't have the tweaks we did for the language packs and Lightning. But those hopefully shouldn't be any problems to add.

Firefox 61.0.1 from Sid also starts building with just the added cargo, but fails in pbuilder with the same error that Pale Moon 28.0.0 beta does. But it should build in sbuild, so let me see what happens there.

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:09 pm**

Whoops...currently Debian has only updated rustc for 64-bit, too: https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw ... ection=all

Posted: **Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:50 pm**

I was able to find and use the as yet unreleased Stretch ports of rustc 1.24 and cargo 25 in the Debian repo pool, and then backport Thunderbird 60 from Sid without any more additional backports by switching from a clang-6.0 build to clang-4.0, then having it build internal versions of hunspell, nss3, nspr4, and sqlite3 instead of backporting newer versions of those.

So, like Firefox Quantum, this new version will break older extensions, though it still includes Lightning. Does anyone use older extensions that haven't been updated to work with Thunderbird 60? MX 15/16 users will have to be content with 52.9, since Debian doesn't have any ports of the build tools for those, and those packages will probably be compatible with MX 17, or maybe we can leave 52.9 in the MX 17 repo alongside 60.

Posted: **Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:40 pm**

I use the extensions Firetray, Google search for Thunderbird, Lightning, Provider for google calendar, super date format

Posted: **Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:51 pm**

thunderbird-60.0.3 repackaged from sid is now available for download from the test repo.

Check the release notes page for more info.

One of the comments there is

IMPORTANT: Add-ons not marked as compatible with Thunderbird 60 by their authors will be disabled (this can be reverted via preference extensions.strictCompatibility)

Please post your testing results here so we can move this one into the main repo.

- mike

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:31 am**

I have checked the test repo in package installer and the latest version is 52.9.1 which is already installed. Am I looking in the wrong place?

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:51 am**

MX paket installer: test repo shows me 60.0.3, ftp fau told me then 52.9.1 for download

mysterious, here is the right one https://ftp.fau.de/mxlinux-packages/mx/ ... underbird/

did it then manually. Lightning was very tricky to run, only one addon is not compatibel

tb60.0.png

helpful link
calendar-updates-issues

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:19 am**

Fornhamfred wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:31 am I have checked the test repo in package installer and the latest version is 52.9.1 which is already installed. Am I looking in the wrong place?

After sending it up Sunday, 60.0.3 showed up for me in MX package Installer's Full App Catalog/Test Repo tab.

I checked this AM and it's there.

thunderbird.PNG

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:27 am**

Kulmbacher wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:51 am MX paket installer: test repo shows me 60.0.3, ftp fau told me then 52.9.1 for download

mysterious, here is the right one https://ftp.fau.de/mxlinux-packages/mx/ ... underbird/
...

Looks like some version string issues with that package.
Manually enabled test-repo gives me:

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LANG=C apt policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installed: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
  Candidate: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
  Version table:
 *** 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1 500
        500 https://ftp.fau.de/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo stretch/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:60.0-3~mx17+1 500
        500 https://ftp.fau.de/mxlinux-packages/mx/testrepo stretch/test amd64 Packages
     1:52.9.1-1~deb9u1 500
        500 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 Packages
     1:52.8.0-1~deb9u1 500
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:00 am**

fehlix wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:27 am
Kulmbacher wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 8:51 am MX paket installer: test repo shows me 60.0.3, ftp fau told me then 52.9.1 for download

mysterious, here is the right one https://ftp.fau.de/mxlinux-packages/mx/ ... underbird/
...
Looks like some version string issues with that package.
Manually enabled test-repo gives me:
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LANG=C apt policy thunderbird
thunderbird:
  Installed: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
  Candidate: 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1
  Version table:
 *** 2:52.9.1-1~mx17+1 500
        500 https://ftp.fau.de/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo stretch/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:60.0-3~mx17+1 500
        500 https://ftp.fau.de/mxlinux-packages/mx/testrepo stretch/test amd64 Packages
     1:52.9.1-1~deb9u1 500
        500 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates/main amd64 Packages
     1:52.8.0-1~deb9u1 500
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stretch/main amd64 Packages

the epoch is a 1 and should be a 2.
I can fix that tonight.

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:20 am**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:00 am the epoch is a 1 and should be a 2.
I can fix that tonight.

u r

thanks

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:30 pm**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:19 am
Fornhamfred wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:31 am I have checked the test repo in package installer and the latest version is 52.9.1 which is already installed. Am I looking in the wrong place?
After sending it up Sunday, 60.0.3 showed up for me in MX package Installer's Full App Catalog/Test Repo tab.

I checked this AM and it's there.
thunderbird.PNG

Hi
Now shows in installer but will not install.

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:44 pm**

I just sent a +2 up with the correct epoch so it should be available from test shortly.

Posted: **Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:13 pm**

The new set is up. See if this helps - mike

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:15 am**

Firetray extension does not work anymore. What a pity.

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:27 am**

zorzi wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:15 am Firetray extension does not work anymore. What a pity.

Check the release notes page. I saw somewhere there are directions that appear to allow a user to bypass the default block on some extensions. I can't seem to locate that text right now though. - mike

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:20 pm**

Working fine with me. Lightning compatible now as is Theme font and size changer. Thank you

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:55 pm**

System:
Host: wulf Kernel: 4.18.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
Distro: MX-17_x64 Horizon December 15 2017
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z170-A v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <root required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3802 date: 03/15/2018
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP
L2 cache: 8192 KiB
Speed: 1700 MHz min/max: 800/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1700 2: 1700
3: 1700 4: 1700 5: 1700 6: 1700 7: 1700 8: 1700
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: modesetting,nouveau
unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.9 256 bits)
v: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: NVIDIA driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.18.0-1-amd64
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V driver: e1000e
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 87.51 GiB (18.3%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 PRO 512GB
size: 476.94 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 468.97 GiB used: 87.51 GiB (18.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 23.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 30 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 gpu: nouveau fan: 1081
Repos:
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http://nl.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch/ stretch main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://nl.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info:
Processes: 219 Uptime: 1h 21m Memory: 31.36 GiB used: 1.50 GiB (4.8%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.23

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Not working properly for me. Empty box for preferences, and cannot reply to emails. I can select the recipient, but it does not show any type when I try and write a response. I tried launching from terminal instead of launching from the panel icon, and it launches ok, but with the same problems. The following also showed up when launching from terminal...." thunderbird
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
WebGL(0x7fecae977800)::ForceLoseContext
WebGL(0x7fecae9ea000)::ForceLoseContext
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option force_s3tc_enable overridden by environment.

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:01 pm**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:27 am
zorzi wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:15 am Firetray extension does not work anymore. What a pity.
Check the release notes page. I saw somewhere there are directions that appear to allow a user to bypass the default block on some extensions. I can't seem to locate that text right now though. - mike

To bypass the strict block of some extensions: try this - mike

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:41 pm**

Thanks Mike. That link worked, and rebooting my machine also sorted-out the problem of a blank preferences box. Everything tickety-Boo now :)

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:44 pm**

wulf wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:55 pm Not working properly for me. Empty box for preferences,..

Could you try open a fresh (i.e. additional ) thunderbird-profile, eg. "test-profile",
to check this again.
To create a new or select and existing tb-profile:
Press Alt+F2 and enter
thunderbird -p
Click off "Use the selected profile without asking.." - so you can select when starting tb until test profile deletion.
Thanks

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:47 pm**

fehlix wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:44 pm
wulf wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:55 pm Not working properly for me. Empty box for preferences,..
Could you try open a fresh (i.e. additional ) thunderbird-profile, eg. "test-profile",
to check this again.
To create a new or select and existing tb-profile:
Press Alt+F2 and enter
thunderbird -p
Click off "Use the selected profile without asking.." - so you can select when starting tb until test profile deletion.
Thanks

Hi Fehlix. I tried to follow what you said, but trying to launch application finder with thunderbird-p gets the message "Failed to execute child process thunderbird-p (no such file or directory)"

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:51 pm**

wulf wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:47 pm
fehlix wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 5:44 pm
wulf wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:55 pm Not working properly for me. Empty box for preferences,..
Could you try open a fresh (i.e. additional ) thunderbird-profile, eg. "test-profile",
to check this again.
To create a new or select and existing tb-profile:
Press Alt+F2 and enter
thunderbird -p
Click off "Use the selected profile without asking.." - so you can select when starting tb until test profile deletion.
Thanks
Hi Fehlix. I tried to follow what you said, but trying to launch application finder with thunderbird-p gets the message "Failed to execute child process thunderbird-p (no such file or directory)"

To start thunderbird classical Profilemanager use

Code: Select all

thunderbird  -p

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:02 pm**

Ok, done and new profile created called Test-profile.

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:44 pm**

I can't replicate the previous fault. Everything is working as it should with the test profile, and all the preferences are present in Thunderbird.

Posted: **Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:50 pm**

wulf wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:44 pm I can't replicate the previous fault. Everything is working as it should with the test profile, and all the preferences are present in Thunderbird.

Thanks. It's indication that TB internal migartion of the exiting profile is a bit wonky,
or some fo your extensions have made it a bit ill ;=).
Depends certainly how much you have tweaked already.
I would probaly now manual migrate the existing one, e.g adressbok, emails. calendar etc.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2018 2:42 am**

Firetray extension issues are solving. Seems to work for me.

https://github.com/foudfou/FireTray/iss ... -419705792

EDIT: I spoke too fast. Notification icon disappears when receiving new mail.

Posted: **Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:55 pm**

thunderbird-60.2.1 is ready for download from the test repo.

Check the release notes page for more info.

- mike

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:40 am**

Where are the release notes, I get directed to this thread

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:54 am**

Hello,

xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1.1) does not work anymore with thunderbird-60.2.1. I now understand the purpose of keeping TB 60 in test repo.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:06 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:40 am Where are the release notes, I get directed to this thread

Same here, on the other side of the world

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:11 am**

you are welcome ;-)

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:38 am**

zorzi wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:54 am Hello,

xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1.1) does not work anymore with thunderbird-60.2.1. I now understand the purpose of keeping TB 60 in test repo.

If you read back in the thread there is a solution for that somewhere, IIRC.

I am not upgrading until the calendar and all the other stuff that I use can be used in the new one, I kinda rely on those things after all. Will it move to main once all that stuff is sorted?

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:08 am**

Sorry for the circular link. That's fixed now. Here's the fix I found earlier to unblock some extensions.

Feel free to post any additional solutions in this thread.

- mike

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:30 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:38 am
zorzi wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:54 am Hello,

xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1.1) does not work anymore with thunderbird-60.2.1. I now understand the purpose of keeping TB 60 in test repo.
If you read back in the thread there is a solution for that somewhere, IIRC.

Well. xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1) did not work with TB 60 anymore. xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1.1) had been backported by Stevo for TB 60.0. But il does not work anymore with TB60.2.1.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:35 am**

zorzi wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:30 am
Eadwine Rose wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:38 am
zorzi wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:54 am Hello,

xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1.1) does not work anymore with thunderbird-60.2.1. I now understand the purpose of keeping TB 60 in test repo.
If you read back in the thread there is a solution for that somewhere, IIRC.

Well. xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1) did not work with TB 60 anymore. xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1.1) had been backported by Stevo for TB 60.0. But il does not work anymore with TB60.2.1.

xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1) is the latest in debian so we may need to wait until something newer shows up. Did you try the fix in the previous post?

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:58 am**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:35 am
zorzi wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:30 am
Eadwine Rose wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:38 am

If you read back in the thread there is a solution for that somewhere, IIRC.

Well. xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1) did not work with TB 60 anymore. xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1.1) had been backported by Stevo for TB 60.0. But il does not work anymore with TB60.2.1.
xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1) is the latest in debian so we may need to wait until something newer shows up. Did you try the fix in the previous post?

In fact, 0.6.1+dfsg-1 is in debian stable repo, 0.6.1+dfsg-1.1 is in Sid (and MX test repo). 0.6.1+dfsg-1.1 had been backported to MX since 0.6.1+dfsg-1 did not work anymore with TB 60.0. It looks 0.6.1+dfsg-1 does not work with TB 60.2 anymore.

I reverted to TB 52.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2018 1:36 pm**

Does the Firetray extension work if you install it directly from the Mozilla web store?

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:46 am**

Stevo wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 1:36 pm Does the Firetray extension work if you install it directly from the Mozilla web store?

For the moment, I reverted to Thunderbird 52 + xul-ext-firetray 0.6.1+dfsg-1 (both from stable repo).

Maybe someone can test ?

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2018 12:17 pm**

Seems firetray issues are solved:

https://github.com/foudfou/FireTray/issues/242

Works now with TB 60.2.1

Posted: **Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:26 pm**

thunderbird-60.3.0 is now in the test repo.

There is one critical security fix in this release. Check the release notes page for more info.

- mike

Posted: **Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:56 pm**

Looks like Debian has a working xul-ext-firetray upstream, do you want to build that?

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:05 am**

Stevo wrote: Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:56 pm Looks like Debian has a working xul-ext-firetray upstream, do you want to build that?

I think that may be useful. Since xul-ext-firetray (0.6.1+dfsg-1.1) does not work anymore with TB 60.2.1 ... Have not tested yet with TB 60.3...

Thanks Stevo

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:10 am**

Stevo wrote: Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:56 pm Looks like Debian has a working xul-ext-firetray upstream, do you want to build that?

I should be able to get to that after work today

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:48 pm**

According the Sid changelog, the -1.2 version should be good through TB 62.9999.

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:07 pm**

Stevo wrote: Mon Nov 05, 2018 1:48 pm According the Sid changelog, the -1.2 version should be good through TB 62.9999.

OK

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2018 6:16 pm**

Stevo wrote: Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:56 pm Looks like Debian has a working xul-ext-firetray upstream, do you want to build that?

Are there any more like "xul-ext-firetray"?

How'd you find that package name?
Searching debian, I also see
xul-ext-adblock-plus
xul-ext-adblock-plus-element-hiding-helper
xul-ext-all-in-one-sidebar

...and so on...

do we need any more?

Posted: **Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:24 am**

I think a lot of people use these two:

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/calendar/
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/th ... -calendar/

Not a clue if those can be found, just providing the links so you know what I mean

Posted: **Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:07 am**

Stevo wrote: Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:56 pm Looks like Debian has a working xul-ext-firetray upstream, do you want to build that?

xul-ext-firetray_0.6.1+dfsg-1.2 is now in test.

Posted: **Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:10 am**

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:07 am
Stevo wrote: Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:56 pm Looks like Debian has a working xul-ext-firetray upstream, do you want to build that?
xul-ext-firetray_0.6.1+dfsg-1.2 is now in test.

Works perfectly. Thanks.

Posted: **Sat Nov 10, 2018 9:23 am**

zorzi wrote: Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:10 am
mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:07 am
Stevo wrote: Sun Nov 04, 2018 9:56 pm Looks like Debian has a working xul-ext-firetray upstream, do you want to build that?
xul-ext-firetray_0.6.1+dfsg-1.2 is now in test.
Works perfectly. Thanks.

Thanks for posting your testing result. - mike

Posted: **Sat Nov 10, 2018 9:37 am**

I just noticed that firetray icon may not appear in notification area at first launch. Shutting down TB and start again solves the problem.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:23 am**

thunderbird-60.3.1 is now available from test if anybody wants to try it out.

Check out what's been fixed in this release.

- mike

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:06 pm**

Bit of confusion here Mike. Have been running 60.3.1 for a week or so here with no problems observed, and this morning Thunderbird upgraded itself to 60.3.2.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:14 pm**

Gordon Cooper wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:06 pm Bit of confusion here Mike. Have been running 60.3.1 for a week or so here with no problems observed, and this morning Thunderbird upgraded itself to 60.3.2.

You must have a Thunderbird directly from Mozilla, then. We switched to rebuilding from upstream Debian source for MX 17 a few months ago to solve langpack problems, and are now dependent on when they get those new versions upstream.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:34 pm**

Stevo wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:14 pm
Gordon Cooper wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:06 pm Bit of confusion here Mike. Have been running 60.3.1 for a week or so here with no problems observed, and this morning Thunderbird upgraded itself to 60.3.2.
You must have a Thunderbird directly from Mozzilla, then. We switched to rebuilding from upstream Debian source for MX 17 a few months ago to solve langpack problems, and are now dependent on when they get those new versions upstream.

yeah, 60.3.2 isn't in debian yet.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:35 pm**

Are things with the extensions sorted out, or?

I upgrade by installing the update and then moving the backed up .thunderbird folder over to my /home/username/ folder, but haven't dared to as I am afraid stuff breaks.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:49 pm**

Thinking about it, this automatic update has happened before. I was using Thunderbird with Kubuntu before moving to MX-14 and it's probable that I just carried on with most
of the contents of the old folder when I moved. Was doing a lot of distro hopping a few years ago and to maintain some continuity I retained as much as possible. The hopping ceased when I was pointed to MX by MikePav.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:29 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:35 pm Are things with the extensions sorted out, or?

I upgrade by installing the update and then moving the backed up .thunderbird folder over to my /home/username/ folder, but haven't dared to as I am afraid stuff breaks.

If the extension hasn't been updated to work with "Quantum", no. But we'd need to know what extensions you're talking about.

Posted: **Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:35 pm**

Here is a quick screenie of what I have installed extensions wise.

extensions.jpg

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:35 am**

I just tried the upgrade to 60 on a test install of mx18, worked peachy, even got the calendar to work. Nice.. now.. I installed xul-ext-firetray but I still don't see notifications, nor an icon in the notification area.

The firetray extension was something definitely good to have, but on 60 that doesn't work anymore and the installed xul-ext-firetray package apparently isn't doing it either..

Anyone with ideas?

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:23 am**

Firetray works fine here. What version did you install ?

Firetray does not appear at TB first launch. Did you close and re-launch TB ?

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:48 am**

Aha... now it works..

What you have to do is remove the non compatible firetray, only then will the newly installed one show. :)

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 8:16 am**

I am temporarily using Ubuntu 18.10 until Debian includes Gnome 3.30. Still using same /home with MX Linux. Ubuntu's thunderbird 60.2 doesn't work, several features are not displayed. I installed 52.9 and locked the package for upgrade.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 8:26 am**

It would help if you stated which features didn't display. There might be alternatives.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:48 am**

Thanks Eadwine Rose for asking. I have not checked since two months. I just replaced 52.9 with current 60.2 which works fine. It means the earlier 60.x didn't work.... didn't display the email text, etc.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:53 am**

Good to hear the current 60.2 works :)

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:23 pm**

Found one problem. In email message, doesn't show the name of recipient nor knows the recipient when replying.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:26 pm**

Will check that one next, thanks!!

Mind.. do you mean when you start typing the email address, or?

Just to get it clear how and such where you see it. Maybe a screenshot?

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:31 pm**

Mike has also packaged birdtray, which sits in the system tray and provides notifications of new mail.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:36 pm**

I saw that one.. the xul-whateverwasthatthingcalled works just peachy for me though, looks just like the one I have in this 17.1 install :) Maybe someone else will like birdtray better :)

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:27 pm**

Eadwine Rose wrote: Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:26 pm Just to get it clear how and such where you see it. Maybe a screenshot?

Here are screenshots of both 52.9 and 60.2 (general view and reply). I purposely made the text blurry, to avoid spammers.
http://amurt.ro/download/thunderbird-52v60.jpg

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:29 pm**

Thanks for that perfect illustration! I'll check again on my TB60 sometime soon (need to reinstall 18 first in order to try it, I borked the last test install

)

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:38 pm**

Take your time. Keep in mind that the screenshots are shot in Ubuntu 18.10.

Posted: **Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:40 pm**

That's ok.. it's about checking those things you mentioned, nothing like looks.

Posted: **Sat Dec 15, 2018 4:01 pm**

rasat wrote: Fri Dec 14, 2018 4:27 pm
Eadwine Rose wrote: Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:26 pm Just to get it clear how and such where you see it. Maybe a screenshot?
Here are screenshots of both 52.9 and 60.2 (general view and reply). I purposely made the text blurry, to avoid spammers.
http://amurt.ro/download/thunderbird-52v60.jpg

I was just able to test it again and I don't see what you see. All is working in 60.3.1 like 52.9 for me.

Maybe try to update to 60.3.1?

Posted: **Sat Dec 15, 2018 4:40 pm**

Not able to test. The 60.3.1 (Debian buster) causes dependency error in both Ubuntu 18.10 (error: libicu63), and in updated MX 17.1 to 18 (error: libc6 (>=2.27) currently using 2.24.

Posted: **Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:17 am**

thunderbird-60.4.0 from sid is now available for download from the test repo

Check the 60.4.0 beta release notes page for more info.

I didn't see any security fixes in this release.

-mike

Posted: **Fri Feb 01, 2019 5:39 pm**

thunderbird-60.5.0 is now ready for download from the test repo.

This release does fix one critical security vulnerability VE-2018-18500: Use-after-free parsing HTML5 stream

Check the release notes page for complete details.

- mike

Posted: **Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:33 am**

The thunderbird-60.x series continues to fail to launch correctly on my production machine, leaving a large mostly black window; works fine on my personal laptop. This happened with 60.4 and is happening again with 60.5. Haven't seen any other reports on these here so don't know if it is somehow just this machine.

I have removed it so I can get some work done, but will provide a screen capture and terminal output later. BTW: do you still have 60.2 or 60.3 cached? I would like to see whether they work (can't remember now).

Posted: **Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:09 am**

How weird.. been working with 60.4 and 5 without issues.. :(

I wonder what is up.

Does that happen with a clean install? (as in no .thunderbird folder to begin with)

Posted: **Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:25 am**

Jerry3904 wrote: Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:33 am The thunderbird-60.x series continues to fail to launch correctly on my production machine, leaving a large mostly black window; works fine on my personal laptop. This happened with 60.4 and is happening again with 60.5. Haven't seen any other reports on these here so don't know if it is somehow just this machine.

I have removed it so I can get some work done, but will provide a screen capture and terminal output later. BTW: do you still have 60.2 or 60.3 cached? I would like to see whether they work (can't remember now).

At my fingertips only 52.9 in main but I can look to see if debian has one in their archives tonight and build a 60.3 set for you to try.
I'm using 60.5 and haven't had any issues either on my desktop or laptop.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:53 am**

Just updated 60.5.0 to the latest, all peachy. Thanks! :)

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:15 am**

Is it the latest I just sent up? => thunderbird_60.5.0-3

Jerry had some issues with the 60.5.0-1

- mike

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:38 am**

Yep the latest, and I have had no issues with the 60s at all.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:53 am**

For me same issue on my production machine: I get the big black square with one corner white. When I launch it in a terminal, I see one zillion repetitions of a single error msg:

Code: Select all

[GFX1-]: Failed to lock new back buffer.

A web search on that msg shows many 2018-19 complaints (mostly Debian), but I haven't investigated them in any depth yet.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:18 am**

Even when you do a completely clean install without a config file?

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:49 am**

Haven't tried that b/c it is on my Production machine.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 12:56 pm**

Aha.. not everyone has harddrives they can switch

Gotta remember that heh

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:45 pm**

I have an external harddrive with MX-18 on it. So I booted into that, ran upgrades, then upgraded TB from the Test Repo. No problem, all normal.

The only significant difference I can see between the two is that the external harddrive is using nouveau with Nvidia, while the SSD one onboard (where I have the problems) is using proprietary nvidia driver.

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Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 610] driver: nvidia v: 390.87 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nvidia resolution: 2048x1152~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 610/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.87

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:16 pm**

Which is what I am running as well I think..

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Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
           v: 390.87 bus ID: 01:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nvidia 
           unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 640/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.87 direct render: Yes

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:25 pm**

Thanks--I give up.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:37 pm**

It must be something else that is doing this. Some other conflict.

Sorry Jerry, wish I knew!

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:47 pm**

Jerry3904 wrote: Mon Feb 11, 2019 10:49 am Haven't tried that b/c it is on my Production machine.

What about backing up your .thunderbird folder somewhere, purge thunderbird, re-install thunderbird-65.0 then finally put the guts of the .thunderbird folder you backed up earlier in the in-service .thunderbird folder?

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 7:53 pm**

Thanks. I already tried renaming the existing folder ~/.thunderbird_bak, uninstalling TB 54... and instaling the new one. Didn't seem to change anything. Before I do anything else, I'm going to look through those web search hits--a lot of people have reported the same problem. The only real reason I want to upgrade is to I might be able to get back the ability to click links and have the page pop up in my browser.

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:05 pm**

Jerry
Did you clear out you .cache folder? I have had several odd problems in the past ( I use one .thunderbird folder linked to 18 different distros/variations) and clearing out the thunderbird folder within my .cache folder cleared them up.
Earl

Posted: **Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:31 pm**

I'll give it a try, thanks.

Posted: **Sat Feb 16, 2019 12:35 pm**

thunderbird_60.5.1 is up and ready for download from MX test.

There were 5 High security issues fixed in this release.

Check the release notes page for more info.

- mike

Posted: **Sat Feb 16, 2019 3:32 pm**

Installed it, looks like it's working fine :) Thanks!

Posted: **Sun Mar 03, 2019 5:16 am**

Just a heads up, from another topic, 60.5.2 is having issues.

https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1251572

Posted: **Sun Mar 03, 2019 7:02 am**

Eadwine Rose wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2019 5:16 am Just a heads up, from another topic, 60.5.2 is having issues.

https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1251572

thanks Eadwine.

Posted: **Tue Mar 05, 2019 2:56 am**

Mozilla’s e-mail client Thunderbird 60.5.2 has been pulled, due to a major bug in Windows. Here are a few details, what went downhill and what ‘has been pulled’ mean.

https://borncity.com/win/2019/03/04/thu ... ch-5-2019/

just Windows ...

Posted: **Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:16 am**

Considering the new TB has enough issues with a number of users here it cannot hurt to be careful nor to report things when you see them.

Posted: **Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:58 pm**

The test repo has just been updated with thunderbird-60.6.1

There were 2 critical security issues fixed in this release:

Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 60.6.1

In general, these flaws cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts.

#CVE-2019-9810: IonMonkey MArraySlice has incorrect alias information

Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for Array.prototype.slice method may lead to missing bounds check and a buffer overflow.
References

Bug 1537924

#CVE-2019-9813: Ionmonkey type confusion with __proto__ mutations

Incorrect handling of __proto__ mutations may lead to type confusion in IonMonkey JIT code and can be leveraged for arbitrary memory read and write.
References

Bug 1538006

And finally, the release notes are here.

Please post any test results here.

- mike

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2019 8:10 am**

Our test repository has just been updated with thunderbird-60.7.0

There were 13 High, 3 moderate and 1 critical security vulnerabilities fixed in this release:

CVE-2019-9800: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 67, Firefox ESR 60.7, and Thunderbird 60.7
Description
Mozilla developers and community members Olli Pettay, Bogdan Tara, Jan de Mooij, Jason Kratzer, Jan Varga, Gary Kwong, Tim Guan-tin Chien, Tyson Smith, Ronald Crane, and Ted Campbell reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 66, Firefox ESR 60.6, and Thunderbird 60.6. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

You can peruse the release notes page here.

Please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2019 8:23 am**

BLUF:
Installed, tested --> seems to be just fine.

BACKGROUND:
Backed up my .thunderbird folder (just in case things went all pear-shaped) and installed (actually upgraded) to 60.7.0 (64-bit) using the MX Package Installer. Started the app. It did it's usual Mozilla thing of verifying components and then was up and running. A quick 10 minutes of testing (getting/sending/reading messages) and I really can't tell the difference between this and what it replaced (version 52??).

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2019 8:55 am**

We have 52.9 in main and had 60.6.1 in test. So it would have been from either of these 2. We're keeping the 52.9 in main because the add-in/on mechanism changed after this release and some of our users preferred the older setup. I run the latest to make sure I have all the security fixes in place. - mike

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:31 pm**

Our test repository has just been updated with thunderbird-60.7.2

* There were 2 High & 1 Critical security issues fixed in this release. If you have a version of thunderbird > 52.9.1, you should probably upgrade to this newer version.

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

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:45 pm**

Thanks Mike! Just upgraded. If I run into any snags I will report back.

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:04 pm**

Thanks for testing!

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:13 pm**

Installed and using. First time for test version, was only using stable version til now.

I had to restart Thunderbird before the Lightning calendar extension (also updated) would show, but I assume that's just the way Thunderbird handles add-ons when the new version is first installed, and not a bug. (Lightning showed up as enabled in add-ons when I started version 60 for the first time, but I couldn't view it until I restarted.)

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:56 pm**

Upgrade is behaving for me .Thanks Mike, will yell if I find any bugs.

Posted: **Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:49 pm**

Thunderbird's working fine here.

Posted: **Tue Jun 25, 2019 11:20 pm**

No issues here either.

Posted: **Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:10 am**

Hi there ..
I last test TB #60xx many moons ago, and sadly none of the TB #59xx addons worked, which is a killer.
If indeed, this is still the status-quo, is there some way to kludge the system so as to be able to use

said addons - not really interested in any shiny-new-toys - if it aint broke, dont fix it.
Updates can, and do, destroy perfectly good O/S, as we have recently witnessed.
Thanks & Regards
Jack

mmikeinsantarosa wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:31 pm Our test repository has just been updated with thunderbird-60.7.2

* There were 2 High & 1 Critical security issues fixed in this release. If you have a version of thunderbird > 52.9.1, you should probably upgrade to this newer version.

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

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:09 pm**

thunderbird-60.8.0 is now available for download from the test repo.

It may take a day or so for the update to show up in all mirrors.

There were 5 moderate, 4 high & 2 critical security issues fixed in this release.

And as always, feel free to check the mozilla release notes page for more info.

- mike

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:18 pm**

Thanks, Mike.

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:43 am**

Thanks Mike, just upgraded. :)

Posted: **Sat Jul 20, 2019 3:48 pm**

I apologize if this has already been brought up. I love my Thunderbird 52.9 with one exception. The default theme isn't compatible with the latest version of TB. Yes I know there are a few other themes I can get from Mozilla. I prefer one with a white background to the heavily grey colored alternatives. PS those are becoming scarce as they leave compatibility with 52.9 versions of the browser. I want to stick with this version due to it not throwing all our data on the www ( supports webapi) for others to potentially access.

Posted: **Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:04 pm**

Just installed and configured TB 60.8.0 to work with my Work 2010 Exchange server to send and receive mail.
What I can't get working is Lightning. The add-on is there (version 6.2.5) but I can't find any configuration page. It doesn't show up on Preferences.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Dan

Posted: **Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:35 pm**

You have to install the same version as the TB version. If you installed TB from testing you need to install lightning from there too.

Posted: **Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:09 pm**

If you install TB 60.8.0 from either MX test or use mxpi, you also get you lightning upgraded to the same version. - mike

Posted: **Sat Aug 03, 2019 6:57 am**

MAYBL8 wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2019 12:04 pm What I can't get working is Lightning. The add-on is there (version 6.2.5) but I can't find any configuration page.

Dan,
What do you mean by "I can't get it working"... could you be a little more specific?

- mike

Posted: **Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:01 am**

Lightning is installed from testing.

What I mean is when I go to edit-preferences there is no lighting listed there just a calendar icon.

I want to add my exchange calendar from my work email and there no option for exchange when I go to add a calendar.

Posted: **Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:45 am**

It's an add on. Tools-add ons. You have to add it there, only then you can open the calendar tab and add the calendar.

Posted: **Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:02 am**

In tools addons Lightning is there.
Then I go to Events and Tasks
Calendar
Right click on Home
Select New Calendar
Select On the Network
Next

The available formats show only:
iCalendar (ICS)
CalDAV
Sun Java System Calendar Server (WCAP)

I don't see Exchange

Posted: **Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:58 am**

MAYBL8 wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:01 am Lightning is installed from testing.

What I mean is when I go to edit-preferences there is no lighting listed there just a calendar icon.

I want to add my exchange calendar from my work email and there no option for exchange when I go to add a calendar.

lightning is the calendar.

Adding another email account to thunderbird is pretty easy. Just use this search text

how do I add another email account to thunderbird

and you'll get lots of hits and videos.

If you're trying to hook up your outlook/exchange server to thunderbird, that's another thing.
Might I suggest:
1) doing some searches...
I get a lot of hits when I use

can thunderbird connect to outlook/exchange calendar?

here's one

2) Start a new more specific thread.
If someone in the forum has solved this problem, they may not have posted here because it got buried in the main thunderbird release messages thread. If I were you, I'd start a new thread with a more specific topic like the search text I used above. You may get more responses with that.

- mike

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

Our test 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: **Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:53 pm**

Updated to 60.9.0

No problems noted. I'll report if any pop up.

Posted: **Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:55 pm**

JeffA wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 9:53 pm Updated to 60.9.0

No problems noted. I'll report if any pop up.

Thanks for the testing post - mike

Posted: **Sun Sep 22, 2019 1:46 am**

Installed from Test Repo using MXPI... installed OK - send/receive email etc OK

Posted: **Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:19 pm**

thunderbird-60.9.0 will be the last build for MX-17/18 as a new build depends cbindgen that showed up in thunderbird-68.2.1 is basically un-buildable on stretch. If you do wish to upgrade your thunderbird from 60.9.0, you'll need to download it from mozilla directly but you won't get the tweaks we make to it.

- mike

Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:40 pm**

Thunderbird-60.9.1 contains a fix for a problem with Google authentication (OAuth2). Can the MX-17/18 test repro be updated with this last version or does it too depend on cbindgen?

Posted: **Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:33 pm**

miken wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:40 pm Thunderbird-60.9.1 contains a fix for a problem with Google authentication (OAuth2). Can the MX-17/18 test repro be updated with this last version or does it too depend on cbindgen?

If debian puts 60.9.1 up, I'll build it as long as they don't put bindgen in the build depends, that's what killed the 68.n.n builds for stretch. I can try a build using the mozilla source this weekend but no promises. - mike

Posted: **Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:29 pm**

We found out how Debian was hiding cbindgen and the other newer build-deps in Stretch's proposed-updates section, so now have the MX customized 68.4.2 release in the MX 17/18 test repository.

Posted: **Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:19 pm**

Stevo wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:29 pm We found out how Debian was hiding cbindgen and the other newer build-deps in Stretch's proposed-updates section, so now have the MX customized 68.4.2 release in the MX 17/18 test repository.

thanks bud!

Posted: **Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:13 am**

thunderbird-68.5.0 is now in test.

* 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.

As always, please post any testing results here.

- mike

Posted: **Sat Feb 22, 2020 3:56 pm**

I installed it over version 60.9. As prophesied, the Lightning Calendar extension failed to work, even though I had also selected that in the Test repo. Fortunately, following the instructions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ca ... hunderbird restored it:

Go to the Advanced section of Thunderbird Preferences and click on Config Editor...

Copy or start typing extensions.installedDistroAddon.{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} into the search box

When extensions.installedDistroAddon... is listed in the preferences list, right-click on it and choose Reset from the context menu - the preference now isn't bold anymore and its value is empty

Close the editor, leave the Thunderbird options, open Thunderbird's add-ons manager and switch to the list of installed extensions

If Lightning is listed there, click on Remove to the right of the list item

Restart Thunderbird

After Thunderbird has been relaunched, Lightning will be back and you will have access to your calendar data.

TB 68+ no longer supports complete themes that update all the UI colors. Fortunately, the functionality can still be duplicated by extensions. So far, I've only found a couple, and both of them are dark. Still, either one is an improvement on TB's native themes. And you can always tweak them if you're comfortable unzipping the XPI and editing the CSS.

If you're interested, the two extensions are Monterail Full Dark 2 for TB>68 and DeepDark for Thunderbird.

Posted: **Sat Feb 22, 2020 4:08 pm**

Thanks for testing and the tip.

Posted: **Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:54 am**

thunderbird-68.6.0 is now in test.

* 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 10:22 am**

Thanks for the update! I've installed it, and everything looks okay so far.

Posted: **Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:31 am**

Thanks for the testing post.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:02 am**

thunderbird-68.7.0 is now in test.

* 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 8:14 am**

I attempted to install the new Thunderbird and Lightning, but there appears to be a version conflict.

Code: Select all

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 lightning : Depends: thunderbird (>= 2:68.7.0-1mx19+1) but 2:68.7.0-1mx17+1 is to be installed
 thunderbird : Depends: lightning (= 2:68.7.0-1mx17+1) but 2:68.7.0-1mx19+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Perhaps the repositories I'm using aren't up-to-date yet?

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:36 am**

standby...

edit: the conflict issue has been resolved - mike

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

thunderbird-68.8.0 is now in test.

* 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 Jul 17, 2020 4:31 pm**

thunderbird-68.10.0 is now in test.

* 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

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