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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