Re: (old_version.exe + delta update) == (new_version.exe)??

On 2026/5/30 14:27:38, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 5/30/2026 8:11 PM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>
>> But does using it retain settings (i. e. pick them up from the existing
>> installation? (Or, by "clean install", do you mean scrub everything
>> anyway?) I'd hate to have to redo everything (including newsgroups).
> 
> 
> Depends on the software. IN general, yes, you can just move settings and 
> data over after installing the new version in Windows & Linux.... maybe 
> a bit tricky for Android and iOS.
> 
Sorry, I hadn't realised this had been crossposted to so many places; I
was asking about Thunderbird specifically (as I think this thread was
originally talking about the relative sizes of TB's upgrade vs. full
installer).
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Hadrian's Wall has never been a border between Scotland and England. It
lies entirely within England but, when it was built in AD 122 by the
Romans as a defence against the raiding Picts, the future English were
still in Germany and the Scottish were still in Ireland.
- Michael Cullen, Skye, in RT 2014/12/6-12