Thunderbird 3.1.7 upgrade related problem

Hammer Attila hammera at pickup.hu
Sun Dec 12 09:32:42 GMT 2010


Dear List,

I reported detailed my prewious wrote problem with a bugreport with 
thunderbird package.
If anybody want, feel free wrote Thunderbird 3.1 experiences and 
accessibility related problems, the resulted slowest mail folder list 
navigation problem I wrote.
If anybody want, please confirming my bugreport, now I doed this 
bugreport with Lucid related. The link is following:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/689193

I wrote a fix suggestion with need packaging latest awailable 
Thunderbird 3.0.10 package with an alternative name with compatibility 
purpose, if anybody want keep this latest 3.0 series version, have 
possibility to choose this compatibility package if absolute known the 
newest upstream release for example not compatible right with the 
distribution branch awailable Orca version.
But I think packagers not choosing this fix method, because resulting 
more redundant work.

Luke, I don't no how can possible handling in future this Mozilla 
products upstream version change related accessibility related bugs, 
because for example in future the Firefox version is perhaps upgrading 
with 4.0.x release, but Orca version is not rolling this change and 
possible some basic features will be not working right. For example when 
I tryed Firefox 4.x beta, when I using the backspace key, not spokened 
the deleted characters, this bug is reported with Orca development 
version but not fixed yet. Absolute sure 2.30 Orca version will be 
producing this issue if this upgrade will be happening, I think 2.32 
Orca version too.

I founded now the Thunderbird 3.0.10 release and building local my 
machine, but always for example we need doing local build the oldest 
release if happening a main upstream version upgrade and for example 
this change killed the Mozilla product accessibility, for example with 
Thunderbird?
How can possible handling this accessibility related situation with an 
LTS release with need supporting three years?
I known, more people using Mozilla products without need accessibility 
support and always need the security upgrades (perhaps main upstream 
version changing upgrades too), but now not have "safe" possibility to 
prewent this upgrade if anybody using Mozilla products with 
accessibility support. Dpkg-hold is not good, because if holded the 
package, not get security support for example the actual supported 
thunderbird package until 3.0.x version is supported. Only a known date 
not possible doing dpkg-hold command for example with thunderbird 
package, because we not known when will be happening for example the 
thunderbird main version upgrade with 3.0.10 to 3.1.7 release, only 
surprising when this main upstream upgrade is happened. :-(:-(
Of course this is not your mistake, not Canonical mistake, Mozilla 
changed the supporting modell, but need handling this unvanted situation 
if possible in future to minimize this supporting model related 
accessibility problems.

Attila



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