Re: Thunderbird in debian-testing

Hello Keith,

Thanks for your reply, but I'm not talking about buster here :) I moved
from buster to testing (bullseye).

The question is how buster has through security channels the
1:78.3.1-2~deb10u2 and testing left behind. See the link below.
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/thunderbird

Other than that, I know how to run the most recent Thunderbird version, but
I want to do this through apt.

So, is there a plan? Why security in testing left so much behind compared
to buster?

Pavlos

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On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 7:10 AM Keith Bainbridge <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> --
> Keith Bainbridge
>
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>
>