Thunderbird updates?

[Steve Cook]

On 04/01/10 23:59, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:11:35 -0000,
>> Steve<yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:59:47 -0000, Jim
>>> Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How are updates to Thunderbird handled in Ubuntu?
>>>>
>>>> I see that version 3 is out but don't see it in the package
>>>> manager and the automatic updates is greyed out in
>>>> preferences.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,  Jim
>>>>
>>> It goes by it’s code name 'shredder'
>>>
>
> I searched the Synaptic Package Manager for "shredder" but didn't
> find anything, or maybe that's not whay you meant.
Sorry, I just checked on a machine with the standard repos and it’s not
there.
I could of sworn blind I originally down loaded it as that.
>
>> ...or you cna get the latest builds by adding the ppa, see
>> https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa
>
> I'm not ready to try the daily builds, as far as I know Thunderbird 3
> is an offical release.
>
> Regards,  Jim
>
>