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End August Status Update
My thoughts:
It has crossed my mind that there have several critical and blocker bugs whose status has not been updated for a long time. With the impending release of TB 0.8 (or possibly 1.0 to match Firefox) these two "blocker" bugs and/or their status need relooking immediately: 219689 and 243167.
Moreover, several "old" bugs like 215183 perhaps do not apply now due to advances to in TB code for a year. This would need verification though, but their statuses should be verified and changed as appropriate. There has been some progress made at 58612 as the screenshot there is pretty impressive regarding realtime spellchecking. Our priority should be to reduce the critical / blocker bugs asap over at the TB section of Bugzilla.
Finally, the MHTML bugs in the list are there because I am a big fan of archiving webpages in MHTML format. This cannot yet be done in Mozilla / Firefox standalone, but recently I discovered an extension over @Mozdev that will help to temporarily alleviate this problem.
As of this day I will provide links to third-party TB builds with MMX/SSE/SSE2 extensions. Download the appropriate one for your processor (you can check yours using a utility called CPU-Z) and report any problems in the authors' threads @MozillaZine. These optimised builds do offer a speed increase, but at the same time, they *might* compromise on stability. Updates will continue every 5-9 days as usual due to the slower progress of TB compared to Firefox.
Even though the progress in TB is going at a slower rate than its companion, I really hope that both products can slip out of Mozilla's & Netscape's shadow and be truly well received, stable and popular freeware. I have never encountered another set of open-source software (maybe besides Linux) that has such an aggressive marketing campaign, a bunch of dedicated developers, and two very unique "Edging" sites devoted to changes in product codes.
Together, we should help spread word about Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, for them to get the attention that they truly deserve.
Feel free to pen your thoughts in the comments section.
Filed under 'zz - Others (pre-2008)' | Posted on 26 Aug 2004 (Thu) by Gary Kwong at 10:11 AM (GMT+8) | Comments (4)
August 20th - August 25th Trunk Builds
Checkins:
Fixed: 255581 - consistent crasher in nsImapProtocol::HandleMessageDownLoadLine()
Fixed: 254834 - Adding a feed can be cancelled with OK
Fixed: 256190 - thunderbird.js preferences getting loaded before mailnews.js
Fixed: 250918 - Offline Re-org
Top critical & blocker bugs:
Since ~19th Aug 03: 215183 - Program freezes when opening large (over 100K) messages
Since ~26th Aug 03: 214342 - Program fails to display folders with large numbers of emails in them(13,000)
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219689 - After login, gets stuck at "Getting server configuration info"
Since ~19th Apr 04: 240819 - Crash in mail.dll when checking mail - TB073 [@ nsTransform2D::SetToIdentity ]
Since ~24th Apr 04: 241609 - [Mac only] crash at 0x00706d68 NSGetModule + 0x2374 when selecting messages in INBOX
Since ~10th May 04: 243167 - Platform-specific en-mac/unix/win.jar localization files not all included for each distribution
Since ~12th May 04: 243442 - [Mac only] Crash on Mac OS X when sending e-mail
Since ~25th May 04: 244601 - Mail inside local mailbox lost after getting mail from POP3 server
Since ~19th Aug 04: 256103 - [Mac only] Talkback is missing from the Mac version of Thunderbird 0.7.3 release.
Since ~23th Aug 04: 256626 - FF09x crash [@ nsViewManager::DispatchEvent]
Since ~24th Aug 04: 256686 - Strange behaviors when preference show_send_progress is set to false
Interesting FF & TB bugs:
Since ~13th Nov 99: 18764 - Full rfc2557 MHTML multipart/related support in BROWSER
Since ~28th May 00: 40873 - Save as rfc 2557 MHTML; complete webpage in one file
Since ~12th Sep 00: 52386 - RFE: Consider improved MHTML support
Since ~18th Dec 00: 58612 - Need realtime spellchecking mechanism
Since ~22nd May 01: 82118 - Tracking bug for Saving/Sending/Viewing HTML pages (e.g., as a single file, MHTML)
Since ~5th Nov 02: 178506 - save original timestamp (last-modified date) on file downloads
Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion) (25-8-2004), moox's builds, pigfoot's builds
Official Linux (24-8-2004)
Official Mac (25-8-2004)
Filed under 'Thunderbird Trunk' | Posted on 26 Aug 2004 (Thu) by Gary Kwong at 9:55 AM (GMT+8)
August 15th - August 19th Trunk Builds
Checkins:
Fixed: 224878 - pop account permanently blocked with hourglass
Fixed: 255466 - Account option to check for new messages every XXX minutes does not work for RSS feeds
Fixed: 254474 - Look into the "Message Body" Quick Search Critieria for IMAP users
Fixed: 255809 - On OS X and Linux, Migration wizard shows all available migrators
Fixed: 251135 - OS X UI issues with new quick search box (text overflows text box)
Fixed: 256058 - Editing RSS feed: disable account level choice in "Store Feed Articles" droplist
Fixed: 255326 - commandglue.js method IsSpecialFolder always says sub-folders of inbox are "special"
Fixed: 256190 - thunderbird.js preferences getting loaded before mailnews.js
Fixed: 254834 - Adding a feed can be cancelled with OK
Top critical & blocker bugs:
Since ~19th Aug 03: 215183 - Program freezes when opening large (over 100K) messages
Since ~26th Aug 03: 214342 - Program fails to display folders with large numbers of emails in them(13,000)
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219689 - After login, gets stuck at "Getting server configuration info"
Since ~19th Apr 04: 240819 - Crash in mail.dll when checking mail
Since ~24th Apr 04: 241609 - [Mac only] crash at 0x00706d68 NSGetModule + 0x2374 when selecting messages in INBOX
Since ~10th May 04: 243167 - Platform-specific en-mac/unix/win.jar localization files not all included for each distribution
Since ~12th May 04: 243442 - [Mac only] Crash on Mac OS X when sending e-mail
Since ~25th May 04: 244601 - Mail inside local mailbox lost after getting mail from POP3 server
Since ~13th Aug 04: 255581 - [Mac only] consistent crasher in nsImapProtocol::HandleMessageDownLoadLine()
Since ~19th Aug 04: 256103 - [Mac only] Talkback is missing from the Mac version of Thunderbird 0.7.3 release.
Interesting FF & TB bugs:
Since ~13th Nov 99: 18764 - Full rfc2557 MHTML multipart/related support in BROWSER
Since ~28th May 00: 40873 - Save as rfc 2557 MHTML; complete webpage in one file
Since ~12th Sep 00: 52386 - RFE: Consider improved MHTML support
Since ~18th Dec 00: 58612 - Need realtime spellchecking mechanism
Since ~22nd May 01: 82118 - Tracking bug for Saving/Sending/Viewing HTML pages (e.g., as a single file, MHTML)
Since ~5th Nov 02: 178506 - save original timestamp (last-modified date) on file downloads
Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion) (14-8-2004)
Official Linux (19-8-2004)
Official Mac (19-8-2004)
Filed under 'Thunderbird Trunk' | Posted on 20 Aug 2004 (Fri) by Gary Kwong at 3:07 PM (GMT+8)
August 10th - August 14th Trunk Builds
Checkins:
Fixed: 219372 - The filename of the attachments become wrong with huge email i.e. 271 files - 2.5 Mb
Fixed: 255451 - Better Integration with the Master Password
Fixed: 255479 - Use a separate dialog for proxy connection settings
Fixed: 255195 - Can't add newsblog accounts on linux
Fixed: 249988 - Offline settings aren't saved.
Fixed: 249337 - Unread count is > 0, but nothing displays in the messages pane
Fixed: 255044 - Prefs for where to store collected addresses aren'n migrated from Mozilla to Thunderbird
Fixed: 254694 - readme.txt in program directory refers to Seamonkey
Top critical & blocker bugs:
Since ~19th Aug 03: 215183 - Program freezes when opening large (over 100K) messages
Since ~26th Aug 03: 214342 - Program fails to display folders with large numbers of emails in them(13,000)
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219689 - After login, gets stuck at "Getting server configuration info"
Since ~6th Nov 03: 224878 - pop account permanently blocked with hourglass
Since ~19th Apr 04: 240819 - Crash in mail.dll when checking mail
Since ~24th Apr 04: 241609 - [Mac only] crash at 0x00706d68 NSGetModule + 0x2374 when selecting messages in INBOX
Since ~10th May 04: 243167 - Platform-specific en-mac/unix/win.jar localization files not all included for each distribution
Since ~12th May 04: 243442 - [Mac only] Crash on Mac OS X when sending e-mail
Since ~25th May 04: 244601 - Mail inside local mailbox lost after getting mail from POP3 server
Since ~13th Aug 04: 255581 - [Mac only] consistent crasher in nsImapProtocol::HandleMessageDownLoadLine()
Interesting FF & TB bugs:
Since ~13th Nov 99: 18764 - Full rfc2557 MHTML multipart/related support in BROWSER
Since ~28th May 00: 40873 - Save as rfc 2557 MHTML; complete webpage in one file
Since ~12th Sep 00: 52386 - RFE: Consider improved MHTML support
Since ~18th Dec 00: 58612 - Need realtime spellchecking mechanism
Since ~22nd May 01: 82118 - Tracking bug for Saving/Sending/Viewing HTML pages (e.g., as a single file, MHTML)
Since ~5th Nov 02: 178506 - save original timestamp (last-modified date) on file downloads
Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion) (14-8-2004)
Official Linux (13-8-2004)
Official Mac (14-8-2004)
Filed under 'Thunderbird Trunk' | Posted on 15 Aug 2004 (Sun) by Gary Kwong at 2:06 AM (GMT+8)
August 5th - August 9th Trunk Builds
Checkins:
Fixed: 253775 - Provide interface to setting fz:quickMode in feeds.rdf
Fixed: 254008 - Localization issue in Account Wizard
Fixed: 254661 - Increase default biff interval for RSS Feeds
Fixed: 254474 - Look into the "Message Body" Quick Search Critieria for IMAP users
Fixed: 254493 - Errors when trying to subscribe to multiple feeds at the same time
Fixed: 254133 - In News Feed Properties dialog "Store Feed Articles in" combo doesn't have the default folder, "News & Blogs", in the dropdown list.
Top critical & blocker bugs:
Since ~19th Aug 03: 215183 - Program freezes when opening large (over 100K) messages
Since ~26th Aug 03: 214342 - Program fails to display folders with large numbers of emails in them(13,000)
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219372 - The filename of the attachments become wrong with huge email i.e. 271 files - 2.5 Mb
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219689 - After login, gets stuck at "Getting server configuration info"
Since ~6th Nov 03: 224878 - pop account permanently blocked with hourglass
Since ~19th Apr 04: 240819 - Crash in mail.dll when checking mail
Since ~24th Apr 04: 241609 - [Mac only] crash at 0x00706d68 NSGetModule + 0x2374 when selecting messages in INBOX
Since ~10th May 04: 243167 - Platform-specific en-mac/unix/win.jar localization files not all included for each distribution
Since ~12th May 04: 243442 - [Mac only] Crash on Mac OS X when sending e-mail
Since ~25th May 04: 244601 - Mail inside local mailbox lost after getting mail from POP3 server
Interesting bugs:
Since ~18th Dec 00: 58612 - Need realtime spellchecking mechanism
Since ~22nd May 01: 82118 - Tracking bug for Saving/Sending/Viewing HTML pages (e.g., as a single file, MHTML)
Since ~5th Nov 02: 178506 - save original timestamp (last-modified date) on file downloads
Official Windows, Official Windows installer (no discussion thread on this day's build @ MozillaZine Forums) (9-8-2004)
Official Linux (9-8-2004)
Official Mac (9-8-2004)
Filed under 'Thunderbird Trunk' | Posted on 10 Aug 2004 (Tue) by Gary Kwong at 3:45 PM (GMT+8) | Comments (1)
Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 is out
mozilla.org today released minor upgrades to three of its major products. Firefox 0.9.3, Thunderbird 0.7.3 and Mozilla 1.7.2 are all now available. These three new releases were created to correct 4 possible security vulnerabilities in past versions of each product.
Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)
Official Linux
Official Mac
Filed under 'Thunderbird Releases' | Posted on 5 Aug 2004 (Thu) by Gary Kwong at 6:55 AM (GMT+8)
August 1st - August 4th Trunk Builds
Checkins:
Fixed: 253879 - extension installation fails on trunk; branch unaffected
Fixed: 216133 - Message pane indicator for blocked image
Top critical & blocker bugs:
Since ~19th Aug 03: 215183 - Program freezes when opening large (over 100K) messages
Since ~26th Aug 03: 214342 - Program fails to display folders with large numbers of emails in them(13,000)
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219372 - The filename of the attachments become wrong with huge email i.e. 271 files - 2.5 Mb
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219689 - After login, gets stuck at "Getting server configuration info"
Since ~6th Nov 03: 224878 - pop account permanently blocked with hourglass
Since ~19th Apr 04: 240819 - Crash in mail.dll when checking mail
Since ~24th Apr 04: 241609 - [Mac only] crash at 0x00706d68 NSGetModule + 0x2374 when selecting messages in INBOX
Since ~10th May 04: 243167 - Platform-specific en-mac/unix/win.jar localization files not all included for each distribution
Since ~12th May 04: 243442 - [Mac only] Crash on Mac OS X when sending e-mail
Since ~25th May 04: 244601 - Mail inside local mailbox lost after getting mail from POP3 server
Interesting bugs:
Since ~18th Dec 00: 58612 - Need realtime spellchecking mechanism
Since ~22nd May 01: 82118 - Tracking bug for Saving/Sending/Viewing HTML pages (e.g., as a single file, MHTML)
Since ~5th Nov 02: 178506 - save original timestamp (last-modified date) on file downloads
Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion) (29-7-2004)
Official Linux (4-8-2004)
Official Mac (4-8-2004)
Filed under 'Thunderbird Trunk' | Posted on 5 Aug 2004 (Thu) by Gary Kwong at 6:46 AM (GMT+8) | Comments (2)
July 29th - July 31st Trunk Builds
Checkins:
Fixed: 247552 - When upgrading to 0.7, problems not finding the 0.6 profile on OS X
Fixed: 253617 - Options / General panel on Windows won't remember any settings
Fixed: 253490 - Turn on the new RSS extenions and add it to the installer...
Fixed: 253786 - Race conditions when fetching new mail for a folder with multiple feeds
Fixed: 253339 - Remove old program files when installing on top of an existing installation
Fixed: 252468 - Remove outdated autostretch attribute from the tree
Fixed: 253291 - Changes to preferences file not saved.
Top critical & blocker bugs:
Since ~19th Aug 03: 215183 - Program freezes when opening large (over 100K) messages
Since ~26th Aug 03: 214342 - Program fails to display folders with large numbers of emails in them(13,000)
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219372 - The filename of the attachments become wrong with huge email i.e. 271 files - 2.5 Mb
Since ~22nd Sep 03: 219689 - After login, gets stuck at "Getting server configuration info"
Since ~6th Nov 03: 224878 - pop account permanently blocked with hourglass
Since ~19th Apr 04: 240819 - Crash in mail.dll when checking mail
Since ~24th Apr 04: 241609 - [Mac only] crash at 0x00706d68 NSGetModule + 0x2374 when selecting messages in INBOX
Since ~10th May 04: 243167 - Platform-specific en-mac/unix/win.jar localization files not all included for each distribution
Since ~12th May 04: 243442 - [Mac only] Crash on Mac OS X when sending e-mail
Since ~25th May 04: 244601 - Mail inside local mailbox lost after getting mail from POP3 server
Interesting bugs:
Since ~18th Dec 00: 58612 - Need realtime spellchecking mechanism
Since ~22nd May 01: 82118 - Tracking bug for Saving/Sending/Viewing HTML pages (e.g., as a single file, MHTML)
Since ~5th Nov 02: 178506 - save original timestamp (last-modified date) on file downloads
Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion) (29-7-2004)
Official Linux (31-7-2004)
Official Mac (31-7-2004)
Filed under 'Thunderbird Trunk' | Posted on 1 Aug 2004 (Sun) by Gary Kwong at 9:32 PM (GMT+8) | Comments (4)
