[Bug 2029913] [NEW] [SRU request] Update Thunderbird to 115.x (as 102.x is EOL later this month)

[Qwerty Chouskie]

Public bug reported:

[ Impact ]

 * The Thunderbird 102.x series has its final release (12.15.0) planned
for release on August 30th.  After that, the 102.x series will no longer
receive critical security updates.  Due to the size and complexity of
the Mozilla/Thunderbird codebase, it is extremely unlikely that the
Ubuntu team could take on the task of backporting patches to new
security issues once official support for the 102.x series has ended.

 * Updating to Thunderbird 115.x in all currently-supported Ubuntu
releases will make sure users stay secure.

 * It should be noted that 115.x does make changes to the interface.
While all these changes are ostensibly for the better, normally this
level of change would disqualify an application from getting SRUed.
However, running an EOL email client is a security/privacy risk to users
that can't be ignored.

* Official post detailing the interface changes:
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.0/whatsnew/

* Official changelog for 115.0 release: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-
US/thunderbird/115.0/releasenotes/

* Official changelog for 115.1 bugfix release:
https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.1.0/releasenotes/

[ Test Plan ]

Not sure, I'm just a user

[ Where problems could occur ]

 * New major release, usual concerns apply

[ Other Info ]
 
 * I'm guessing that this SRU was already planned to happen eventually, but since I couldn't find an official request, here we are

** Affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: upgrade-software-version

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Title:
  [SRU request] Update Thunderbird to 115.x (as 102.x is EOL later this
  month)

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