Thunderbird 0.4

Nick Hudson nhudson at lunar-linux.org
Sat Dec 6 18:15:40 GMT 2003


On our version of thunderbird it removes all instances of the old
version of thunderbird before installing the new version so there are no
conflicts.  As soon as I run some tests on the new version I will update
the moonbase.

Nick


On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 11:43, Chad R. Kittel wrote:
> Mozilla Thunderbird 0.4 has been released.  But there are some actions 
> that must take place for people that are UPgrading.  I don't know how 
> these should be handled but here is info from the site 
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/release-notes.html.
> 
> Upgraders:  DO NOT install Mozilla Thunderbird into a directory 
> containing program files from a previous version.  Overwriting files 
> from a previous release WILL cause problems.  To re-use the directory of 
> a previous install, the directory must be deleted and recreated, 
> emptied, moved, or renamed.  You should not file bugs in Bugzilla if you 
> choose to ignore this step.
> 
> [...]
> 
> And probably the more complex part...
> 
> Important: If you used a prior version of Thunderbird and installed 
> themes OR extensions, you need to do the following or Thunderbird will 
> NOT run properly. Find your profile directory.  There should be a sub 
> directory called chrome. Remove everything in chrome.  This will not 
> affect your mail data or preferences.
> 
> They also provide a method to enable the "clicking of url links" in 
> Thunderbird to spawn the default browser.  Its a little script, maybe 
> that can be added as something optional?
> 
> 
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