Re: Thunderbird - Unpleasant Surprise

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On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 19:05:31 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> In testing the upcoming F33 release I noticed that it has included thunderbird-78.3.1-1.
> 
> I decided that I wanted to test the newest TBird but didn't want to go through the process of setting up
> accounts.  So, I downloaded this new release from F32 updates-testing.  What could go wrong?
> 
> IMHO, big mistake.  I found that none of the extensions that I use with thunderbird-68.11.0-1 are compatible
> with the version 78.  This includes Enigmail.  I was also unable to get calendar working.  With TBird 68
> I have a local calendar as well as 3 synced Google calendars.
> 
> I switched back to using 68 and had to figure out how to get my calendars back.
> 
> In addition, the update to version 78 managed to delete all the entries in my address book.  I do nightly
> backups so it was easy to recover.
> 
> I wonder if I've done something out of the ordinary or if other users will run into similar pain.

I think this came up on AskFedora too:
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/why-is-thunderbird-outdated-in-fedora-repository/9115?u=franciscod

Thunderbird 78 seems to be a major "breaking" upgrade:
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.2.1/releasenotes/#changes

-- 
Thanks,
Regards,
Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
Time zone: Europe/London

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