Thunderbird 78.3.1

[ovari]

Thunderbird Release Notes
Version 78.0, first offered to channel users on July 17, 2020
https://www.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/78.0/releasenotes/

[Erick555]

Upstream recommendation is to not ship updates until 78.2 version is released. Until then I plan to publish 78.x in flathub beta repository.

[ovari]

Will Thunderbird beta be available via Flathub? Thank you

[Erick555]

Yes, first upload will be available within few hours. After that you can do:

For local user installation:

flatpak remote-add --user flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak update --appstream
flatpak install --user flathub-beta org.mozilla.Thunderbird//beta

For system-wide installation:

flatpak remote-add flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak update --appstream
flatpak install flathub-beta org.mozilla.Thunderbird//beta

Then:
flatpak run org.mozilla.Thunderbird//beta

[ovari]

Yes, first upload will be available within few hours.

Linux Mint supports Flathub as Thunderbird (Flathub) is shown in the image below.

Will Thunderbird beta be available using the operating system’s Software Manager if it supports Flathub (i.e. without the Terminal)?

Thank you once again.

[Erick555]

In KDE Discover when I chose Thunderbird flatpak then I can switch between flathub and flathub-beta versions. I don't know about Mint store app though.

[ovari]

Can the Thunderbird (Flatpak) beta please be updated to Thunderbird 78.1.0?
https://www.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/78.1.0/releasenotes/

Thank you

[Erick555]

Done. It will be published within few hours.

[ovari]

Can the Flatpak beta branch be updated with Thunderbird 78.2.0-pre build1? Thank you

[Erick555]

I don't know what this build is. I'll wait until it get some official status:
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-esr78/tags
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/releases/

[ovari]

There was an email from Wayne Mery vseerror@lehigh.edu (The release team) to tb-planning tb-planning@mozilla.org.

Can you email Wayne Mery?

An excerpt from his email is shown below for your convenience.

Please give 78.2.0-pre build1 a good hammering in the next 2-3 days. Check the list of fixed bugs at the end of this email. If you see a bug, then report a bug* set component, summary, steps to reproduce, provide screen shot, etc. If not a regression, please remove regression keywords before clicking Submit.

Some performance issues have been fixed. If you have been seeing performance issues and you still have performance issues after installing 78.2.0-pre, please include a profile with your bug report.

If you have time, try some of the smoketest instructions below.

Note: Enigmail users are still cautioned to not test unless you know what you are doing 😉

Download links: Linux 32 Linux 64 Mac Win32 Win64
If you have difficulty, email me or find someone on chat https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#maildev:mozilla.org

Thanks for helping with Thunderbird quality.

[Erick555]

Ok, but this seems to be a some kind of test release while currently beta is used for stable releases (although not recommended for use yet). I think I won't be able to get it with update script I use.

[wsmwk]

I think you should wait for the official 78.2.0 release build

[ovari]

There is a beta flatpak branch which is currently Thunderbird 78.1.1. This was about updating Thunderbird beta flatpak from 78.1.1 to 78.2.0-pre build1.

[kaimast]

With 78.1 installed from flathub-beta I keep getting this window popup whenver I start Thunderbird. Any idea what could cause this?

[Erick555]

I don't know. Maybe lack of gpg permissions?

[ovari]

Can you try Flatseal to enable gpg permissions? If you find a solution, perhaps you can report it back here to enable it by default without Flatseal? What do you think? Thank you

[ovari]

Can Thunderbird flatpak be updated to version 78.2.0 as it is showing at
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/all/

Thank you

[ovari]

With 78.1 installed from flathub-beta I keep getting this window popup whenver I start Thunderbird. Any idea what could cause this?

@kaimast is your issue fixed with 4177335?

[Erick555]

The first "stable" 78.x release was postponed to 78.2.1 this is why 78.2.0 is still in flathub beta branch.

[kaimast]

With 78.1 installed from flathub-beta I keep getting this window popup whenver I start Thunderbird. Any idea what could cause this?

@kaimast is your issue fixed with 4177335?

I don't think so. I also tried adding permissions manually but it didn't help.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do to debug this.

[ovari]

Thunderbird Release Notes
Version 78.2.1, first offered to channel users on August 31, 2020
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.2.1/releasenotes/

[Erick555]

Unfortunately this is still direct download update which means they don't consider it stable yet. I'll update it in beta branch then.

[Erick555]

78.2.1 will be published within few hours in beta. I was told 78.2.2 is current target for first stable release.

[ovari]

Thunderbird Release Notes
Version 78.2.2, first offered to channel users on September 10, 2020
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.2.2/releasenotes/

Is this a typo:

Thunderbird version 78.2.2 is only offered as direct download from thunderbird.net and not as an upgrade from Thunderbird version 68 or earlier.

[Erick555]

Others are reporting similar issues:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1664607
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1176384

[Erick555]

@ovari @kaimast can you try if #138 (comment) fixes this for you?

[kaimast]

@ovari @kaimast can you try if #138 (comment) fixes this for you?

Looking at the diff, I am fairly certain it will fix my issue. I can test if needed, but am not really sure how to build the flatpak.

Running make from the repo seems to build the stable version not the beta. Are there build instructions somewhere?

[Erick555]

@kaimast you don't need to build anything, just run install command from mentioned comment however I pushed different upstream fix to beta channel so it will be available there soon if not already.

[kaimast]

@kaimast you don't need to build anything, just run install command from mentioned comment however I pushed different upstream fix to beta channel so it will be available there soon if not already.

No sure how I missed this. Probably lack of caffeine 😄

It looks indeed like that build fixes it for me.

[ovari]

@Erick555 fixed thanks

[ovari]

78.2.2 updates are live as of two hours ago.

@wsmwk can Thunderbird 78.2.2 now be released in the main flathub branch?

[wsmwk]

I don't know how to answer your question. If your question is do we consider 78 to be stable, the answer is yes. And we did indeed enable updates for 68 -> 78. Though that can change over the next week.

[legrostdg]

@wsmwk I think @ovari asked if https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mozilla.Thunderbird could point to 78.2.2. For now, it seems to point to 68.12.0

[ovari]

Thunderbird Release Notes
Version 78.3.0, first offered to channel users on September 24, 2020
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.3.0/releasenotes/

[Erick555]

TB 78.3.0 is available in beta and PR against master is opened here. I'm going to merge it soon if there aren't issues reported. It would be nice if someone can test openpgp functionality though. I wonder if full gpg permission set is still needed.

[wsmwk]

78.3.1 is coming out with a crash fix.

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On 9/25/20 2:13 PM, Erick555 wrote: TB 78.3.0 is available in beta and PR against master is opened here <#140 (comment)>. I'm going to merge it soon if there aren't issues reported. It would be nice if someone can test openpgp functionality though. I wonder if full gpg permission <https://github.com/flathub/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/pull/140/files#diff-223201d5d708524c057e5e615210ba98R37> set is still needed. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#120 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABU6RZG3IP64HT6B6US32TSHTMVTANCNFSM4O5OXP4A>.

[ovari]

78.3.0 was shipped yesterday, Thursday 24th September 2020, but pulled back because of a crash. 78.3.1 is probably next week.

[ovari]

Thunderbird Release Notes
Version 78.3.1, first offered to channel users on September 26, 2020
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.3.1/releasenotes/

[ovari]

@Erick555 can Thunderbird 78.3.1 now be released in the main flathub branch?

[Erick555]

I'll update the PR and give it another 24h in case something else pop up.

[ovari]

Can Thunderbird 78.3.1 be released in the beta flathub branch?

[ovari]

Wayne Mery wrote:
On 9/25/20 3:11 PM, Wayne Mery wrote:

78.3.0 was shipped yesterday, Thursday, but pulled back because of a crash. 78.3.1 is probably next week.

Updates from 68 are still turned off.

78.3.1 went live this morning. Crash is gone

82.0b1 shipped last night

[ovari]

I'll update the PR and give it another 24h in case something else pop up.

@Erick555 can Thunderbird 78.3.1 now be released in the main flathub branch?

Thank you

[zurnet]

@Erick555 any idea how long it takes the pull request to be approved in Flathub?

[Erick555]

Fixed with #140

[ovari]

@Erick555 should the beta branch be deleted?

[ovari]

Should the image at Flathub be updated?

Perhaps with an image from the official Thunderbird page, eg.

What do you think?

Thank you

[Erick555]

beta branch is protected and can't be deleted (also shouldn't be for transparency reasons as it reveals what's behind TB releases published in beta which will be still publicly available). I'll take a look at screenshots.

[Erick555]

Unfortunately official screenshots aren't suited for flatpak:

$ appstream-util validate org.mozilla.Thunderbird.appdata.xml
org.mozilla.Thunderbird.appdata.xml: FAILED:
• style-invalid         : <image> has vertical padding [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thundernest/thunderbird-website/1b96bb5c609cfa9d838807903fada3470e43fa7b/media/img/l10n/en-US/thunderbird/landing/screenshot-linux.png]
Validation of files failed

[ovari]

Below is the image with the padding removed at the left, top and right.

Below is the image with the shading also removed from the bottom.

Does this work?

Thank you

[Erick555]

Still fail:

appstream-util validate org.mozilla.Thunderbird.appdata.xml
org.mozilla.Thunderbird.appdata.xml: FAILED:
• attribute-invalid     : <screenshot> height too small [https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17465872/94857227-85a78d80-0474-11eb-9591-c381dcd495c9.png] minimum is 351px

We can't really use those. You may create your own screenshot that follows https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html:

Ideally, all image screenshots as well as videos should have a 16:9 aspect ratio, and should have a width that is no smaller than 620 pixels.

then add it to forked git repo and change link at https://github.com/flathub/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/blob/master/org.mozilla.Thunderbird.appdata.xml#L64 so it would point to new image and open PR.