I've been watching the situation around the outdated Thunderbird package for quite some years now, and I have to speak up as well.
It's ridiculous to have a discussion about "regressions" through recolored buttons in an otherwise fully functional mail client version, while at the same time security vulnerabilities remain unpatched for months. You guys really need to rethink your priorities! I would understand if there was a long term option to stay with familiar Thunderbird 102. But since probably nobody wants and has the time to backport security fixes every 14 days, this option doesn't exist. Read the linked issue! Thunderbird developer writes, "[changed color behavior, people complaining on] is a conscious decision we made to simplify our UI" and after that closes the issue as resolved/invalid. Package maintainer calls it "quite a visible user regression and I think we will consider as a blocker to update stable series from 102 to 115". Come on! Since this color change is very noticeable in use, it must be assumed that it was introduced intentionally. There are other (functional!) changes from Thunderbird 102 to 115, that not everyone may like, but the color of buttons is a matter of taste, not a "regression"! Mail clients are software designed mainly to work with, not just to look at. I know that Ubuntu is strict about introducing regressions through updates, what is a good thing in general. But with browsers, the lesson was learned long time ago, that up-to-dateness takes precedence over individual taste and minor functional regressions. That's how mail clients have to be treated as well. So unless there are real regressions please stop this discussion and roll out version 115 soon! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2029913 Title: [SRU request] Update Thunderbird to 115.x (as 102.x is EOL) Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: [ 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/2029913/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
