Re: Thunderbird in debian-testing

On 14/10/20 2:32 am, Pavlos Ponos wrote:
>
> Recently I upgraded with a clean installation from buster to testing
> (bullseye). In buster Thunderbird version was 1:78.3.1-2~deb10u2
> (through security channel).
> In testing I saw that Thunderbird is in 1:68.12.0-1,

Pavlos

I thought you'd had a response, but I can't see them now.

I just wanted to relate my experience. I'm running Buster by way of
Linux Mint Debian Edition: with backports enabled by default. I think
sometimes that backports is the default/preferred, but I'm not sure
where to check.

I have had many instances of tbird loosing track of it's profile, to the
point where I now specify the profile in the start menu.  The tbird
version installed is 78.3.1.  Perhaps an update/upgrade will get you to
that version?

Alternatively, download the latest version from mozilla. I tend to try
alpha/beta versions of non-system stuff. My tbird is 82.0b2, and another
update pending I see. The downside to this is I do have to manually
update outside of apt.  I run a small collection of software from a
separate partition on a multi-boot system. That way, I don't have to
install these into my several systems. I have consistent programs
running quickly while I'm playing around - even in VMs

Best



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Keith Bainbridge

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