RE: Help Building a Patched Version of TB 2.0.0.23

No I've never used pre-release software and the thing is I just don't have time to experiment right now. Otherwise things might be different. I'm kind of in a hurry to just finish getting this set up and move on and I already have everything set up very nicely in TB 2 with only this one little patch issue really before I'm done dealing with it. 

 

I'm on XP Professional.

 

I'm kind of confused about the installer vs. zip file. The installer would set up not only the program but all the application data folders, etc. With just a zip file, wouldn't I not get everything installed in all the right places that I need?

 

I'm not sure why you're asking about my name. I'm just using a handle for the email list.

 

How much I'm thinking of paying has to do with my understanding of what I'm asking for. It took me all of 2 minutes to just insert the code changes from the patch in the 3 files that have changes in the source code. So that's either 2 minutes the person could use or I could even just send them the source code where I already made the changes.

 

Then, if the person already has the tools to do a build, it's my understanding that basically all they have to do is add a correct mozconfig file (hopefully just the same one that's used for the actual release version of 2.0.0.23 when it's built) and do a couple make commands and let it run. I may be oversimplifying but from trying to do the builds myself that was pretty much the extent of it. Granted, I couldn't get it to work but I think that's just because I'm not a programmer and really had no understanding of what to put in the mozconfig file or the errors I was getting. I tried enough times myself to realize I'm not going to get it, but I don't think I was failing due to anything that has to do with any enormous amount of work.

 

So if I'm not mistaken, it's really not a very time consuming task I'm requesting so I figured it would be a nominal kind of a price. But if I'm somehow mistaken and this task takes a lot more work than I'm realizing then please let me know what I'm missing. I understand if someone doesn't do builds often it might take them a while to get the tools set up. But for someone who does builds often - which is what I'm looking for - this would seem to be a very minor task for them, especially if I can provide the source code with the patch changes already in it if they want.
 
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 01:48:35 -0500
> Subject: Re: Help Building a Patched Version of TB 2.0.0.23
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> 
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:28 AM, How How <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Even Mozilla itself says not to rely on a beta version in a production
> > environment. I'm just not comfortable using a prerelease version.
> 
> 1. Have you ever tried using prerelease software in the past? What
> were your experiences? I use "nightly builds", which are a type of
> Firefox version that are even more prerelease than betas or RC's,
> quite often, and they tend to work almost perfectly. I occasionally
> have minor problems, on the order of "the cursor shows up wrong when
> I'm typing an email", or "this new Fx is slightly incompatible with
> the Tab Kit extension, so now drag-and-drop tab reordering doesn't
> work". But nothing that stops me from getting my work done.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > So if anyone could apply that patch and build me up a version of 2.0.0.23
> > with it in, I'd be really grateful.
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I don't think I'd like to do it. But please let us know:
> 
> 2. What is your OS and OS version?
> 
> 3. Do you really need an installer, or is a zipfile containing
> Thunderbird good enough?
> 
> 4. Is that your real name? If not, what is? :)
> 
> 5. How much were you thinking of paying for the work you are requesting done?
> 
> Also, if you could follow up to the list after everything settles and
> let us know what you decided to do in the end and how it went, I would
> be interested to hear.
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