[Bug 643736] Re: "What's new in Thunderbird 3" reappears on minor upgrades

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On 2010-04-01T13:35:57+00:00 Charles wrote:

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.2) Gecko/20100316 Firefox/3.6.2
Build Identifier: 3.0.4

Summary says it all.

This is getting really irritating. Besides being incorrect information
as bug 549447 points out, there should also be a way to permanently
disable this for those of us who don't want/need it.

Hmmm...

Will setting app.update.silent to true accomplish this?

Reproducible: Always

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/643736/comments/0

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On 2010-04-01T14:50:52+00:00 Bugzilla-standard8 wrote:

You can set the hidden pref "mailnews.start_page_override.mstone" to
"ignore". Doing so may also mean you don't get presented with migration
assistants and other information on future updates.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/643736/comments/1

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On 2010-04-01T17:03:41+00:00 Charles wrote:

(In reply to comment #1)
> You can set the hidden pref "mailnews.start_page_override.mstone" to "ignore".

Either  this pref is badly named, or not what I'm looking for.

There is a UI pref for disabling the START page.

I'm talking about the 'What's New' page that opens every time TB updates
itself.

You didn't answer about the app.update.silent pref - what is it for?

> Doing so may also mean you don't get presented with migration assistants and
> other information on future updates.

Reopening, because setting a hidden pref that does *not* accomplish the
purpose of the bug is not a resolution.

I did, however, modify the bug Title to be more indicative of what I'm
asking for.

There should be a way to disable the 'Whats New' page so that it doesn't
open every time TB updates from one minor version to another, without
totally disabling *major* update notifications, migration assistants,
etc.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/643736/comments/2

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On 2010-04-07T13:52:36+00:00 Ludovic-mozillamessaging wrote:

Charles look into bugzilla we have a dup for your issue.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/643736/comments/3

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On 2010-04-07T15:16:25+00:00 Charles wrote:

Well, I already searched and didn't find a dupe - if you know of one,
please do tell...

And I'd still like an answer to what app.update.silent pref does...

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/643736/comments/4

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On 2010-04-09T11:20:18+00:00 Ulysse wrote:


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 548619 ***

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/643736/comments/5

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On 2010-08-25T12:19:02+00:00 Charles wrote:

Re-opening, because it isn't a duplicate.

Bug 548619 is about providing more contextually correct update pages,
which I agree would be a good thing.

What this bug is asking for is simply a way to *disable* *minor* update
pages - ie, going from 3.0.5 to 3.0.6, or 3.1.1 to 3.1.2) - without
disabling the update page/migration assistant for major updates - ie,
3.1.x to 3.2...

And *still* no one has answered what app.update.silent does...

Oh... and

(In reply to comment #1)
> You can set the hidden pref "mailnews.start_page_override.mstone" to "ignore".
> Doing so may also mean you don't get presented with migration assistants and
> other information on future updates.

'May'? Either it will or it won't... so, can you confirm which it is? I
certainly wouldn't want to disable major update notifications, and
especially migration assistants for major updates if they are needed...

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/643736/comments/6


** Changed in: thunderbird
       Status: Unknown => New

** Changed in: thunderbird
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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