• Thunderbird in debian-testing

    From Keith Bainbridge@21:1/5 to Pavlos Ponos on Sun Oct 18 06:20:01 2020
    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

    ke1thozgroups@gmx.com

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  • From Pavlos Ponos@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 19 17:20:03 2020
    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 <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com>
    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

    ke1thozgroups@gmx.com



    <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Keith,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your reply, but I&#39;m not talking about buster here :) I moved from buster to testing (bullseye).</div><div><br></div><div>The question is how buster has through
    security channels the 1:78.3.1-2~deb10u2 and testing left behind. See the link below.<br></div><div><a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/thunderbird">https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/thunderbird</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Other than that, I know how
    to run the most recent Thunderbird version, but I want to do this through apt.</div><div><br></div><div>So, is there a plan? Why security in testing left so much behind compared to buster?</div><div><br></div><div>Pavlos<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>
    <div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">-- <br><b>Pavlos Ponos</b></div><div dir="ltr"><div><p><small><
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    rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jitsi Meet</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.signal.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Signal</a><br>
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    </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 7:10 AM Keith Bainbridge &lt;<a href="mailto:
    ke1thozgroups@gmx.com">ke1thozgroups@gmx.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 14/10/20 2:32 am, Pavlos Ponos wrote:<br>
    &gt;<br>
    &gt; Recently I upgraded with a clean installation from buster to testing<br> &gt; (bullseye). In buster Thunderbird version was 1:78.3.1-2~deb10u2<br>
    &gt; (through security channel).<br>
    &gt; In testing I saw that Thunderbird is in 1:68.12.0-1,<br>

    Pavlos<br>

    I thought you&#39;d had a response, but I can&#39;t see them now.<br>

    I just wanted to relate my experience. I&#39;m running Buster by way of<br> Linux Mint Debian Edition: with backports enabled by default. I think<br> sometimes that backports is the default/preferred, but I&#39;m not sure<br> where to check.<br>

    I have had many instances of tbird loosing track of it&#39;s profile, to the<br>
    point where I now specify the profile in the start menu.  The tbird<br> version installed is 78.3.1.  Perhaps an update/upgrade will get you to<br> that version?<br>

    Alternatively, download the latest version from mozilla. I tend to try<br> alpha/beta versions of non-system stuff. My tbird is 82.0b2, and another<br> update pending I see. The downside to this is I do have to manually<br>
    update outside of apt.  I run a small collection of software from a<br> separate partition on a multi-boot system. That way, I don&#39;t have to<br> install these into my several systems. I have consistent programs<br>
    running quickly while I&#39;m playing around - even in VMs<br>

    Best<br>



    --<br>
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    <a href="mailto:ke1thozgroups@gmx.com" target="_blank">ke1thozgroups@gmx.com</a><br>

    </blockquote></div></div>

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