The Rumbling Edge

The nightly update for Thunderbird trunk today is broken, and it will cause Thunderbird to crash after doing the partial update. Please do not update Thunderbird trunk nightly from 20080328 to 20080329.

The full download nightlies still work properly though.

The bug (425950) has been filed.

Current Sunbird (0.7) | Next planned Sunbird (0.8) | Previous releases

Common:

• Fixed: 404976 - calendar.autorefresh.timeout limit to max 3-digit numbers in options
• Fixed: 411958 - Use tinderboxen to build gdata-provider nightlies
• Fixed: 412641 - Tracking bug for L10n issues regarding Sunbird/Lightning 0.8 release
• Fixed: 418854 - Undo is not possible for task/event modification
• Fixed: 423395 - onEventSweepMouseMove handler stays around after drop
• Fixed: 423727 - [Trunk] Calendar views are broken (Error:Trying to load a non-chrome URI)

Common (Providers):

• Fixed: 423667 - Enable multi-language nightlies

0.8 RC2 Mac build was stuck, and now unstuck. Many thanks to the Camino folks though!

Outstanding bugs (marked blocking-calendar0.8+): (1)

• Since 04 Mar 08: 420840 - Tracking bug for 0.8 RC cleanup

Lightning .xpi:

Official Windows .xpi, gdata provider

Official Linux .xpi, gdata provider

Official Mac .xpi (not available at the moment)

Sunbird builds:

Official Windows, Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary) (2008-03-28 clobbered? build)

What's new in Trunk since 12 August 2005 | Previous releases

Thunderbird-specific:

• Fixed: 359255 - Importers: Import Filters from current Eudora
• Fixed: 408335 - UI for Option "Apply default character encoding to all incoming messages" should be removed
• Fixed: 420050 - Changing the print orientation requires a restart of TB
• Fixed: 422214 - Enable Code Size "tests" on Thunderbird tinderboxes.
• Fixed: 424332 - Thunderbird 3 Crash on start|restart
• Fixed: 424756 - [Mac] If there's an open about window, activate it on Thunderbird->About Mozilla Thunderbird

MailNews and other related categories:

• Fixed: 336615 - shouldn't use magic numbers for junk status
• Fixed: 413413 - Replace nsMsgKeyArray with nsTArray<nsMsgKey>
• Fixed: 423539 - Enormous amount of "morkObject not thread-safe" assertions when importing mail

Outstanding bugs (marked blocking-thunderbird3.0a1+): (7)

• Since 03 Jan 08: 410747 - Imap code deadlocks when it can't reach the network
• Since 14 Jan 08: 412363 - Buffer overflow in external MIME bodies
• Since 04 Feb 08: 415601 - Mailnews topcrashes [@ nsUInt32Array::GetAt] [@ nsMsgDBView::NonDummyMsgSelected] typically deleting message(s) or opening message in new tab, switching tabs, renaming folder
• Since 11 Mar 08: 422178 - IMAP thread calls docloader from wrong thread [@ JS_BeginRequest]
• Since 13 Mar 08: 422700 - Get bug 376238 fixed or disable images on drag feedback
• Since 22 Mar 08: 424607 - Numerous regressions in news groups (caused by fix for bug 16913 ?)
• Since 25 Mar 08: 424976 - Chrome in Compose Window Translucent Post First Launch of Thunderbird

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Current Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.12) | Next planned Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.13) | Previous releases

Localization:

• Fixed: 90584 - charset=... must be applied to non-MIME Subject:/From:/To:/etc. fields

Edit: Bug 90584 will only make it into 2.0.0.15, since 2.0.0.13 will be 2.0.0.14 instead due to a firedrill.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.13 is planned for release in mid-April.

No outstanding bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 27 March 2008. The schedule is as follows:

Asia session - 14:00-16:00 (Beijing)
Europe session - 14:00-16:00 (Berlin)
America session - 12:00-14:00 (Los Angeles)

The focus will be on triaging unconfirmed Thunderbird bugs.

How?

Triaging is easy! You don't have to be able to understand computer languages in order to triage most bugs.

You just have to try and reproduce the bug by following the steps written in the report. Add a comment stating whether the bug still applies in the latest supported version of Thunderbird 2 (2.0.0.12), or in the trunk nightlies (3.0a1pre) for the more adventurous.

Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 builds:

Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Please drop by #bugday and help us get our bug numbers down; we need your help! First timers and experienced triagers welcome.

I will be available throughout all three timeslots to assist anyone who wants to contribute. (My nick is "nth10sd") Several experienced folks will be there to assist as well.

Update: The results of the bug day have been posted to Mozilla Wiki.

Dropped in favour of 2.0.0.14, in order to synchronize the version numbering with Firefox.

Current Sunbird (0.7) | Next planned Sunbird (0.8) | Previous releases

Common:

• Fixed (again): 419601 - Creating new profile fails; error in reading from storage.sdb
• Fixed: 419817 - iMip/iTip invitation mail -> No 'Accept'/'Decline' button if WCAP or CalDAV calendar exist
• Fixed: 420844 - Only show suppress icon on events if popup alarms are supported
• Fixed: 422233 - Use METHOD:PUBLISH when publishing ics calendar files.
• Fixed: 422412 - Accepting a iMip/iTip invitation into a WCAP calendar doesn't work
• Fixed: 422898 - Creation of new local calendar not possible

Common (Providers):

• Fixed: 415742 - Alarms on occurrences cannot be dismissed
• Fixed: 420695 - Disable attendees by default
• Fixed: 420749 - CalDAV calendars must refresh twice to display server-side changes
• Fixed: 421215 - Error preparing Google calendar; unable to access calendar; not compatible with 0.8
• Fixed: 421301 - getItem() doesn't include exceptions in recurring events
• Fixed: 422928 - Task mode, WCAP calendar: Cannot set completed Status

Lightning-only:

• Fixed: 347192 - Entries in agenda should appear in the same way again when starting Lightning again
• Fixed: 421376 - [Today Pane] New Event button in Agenda needs padding
• Fixed: 421616 - Editing event to change calendar fails, event disappears from database

0.8 RC2 is about to be out for testing.

Outstanding bugs (marked blocking-calendar0.8+): (3)

• (fixed?) Since 16 Jan 08: 412641 - Tracking bug for L10n issues regarding Sunbird/Lightning 0.8 release
• (fixed?) Since 21 Feb 08: 418854 - Undo is not possible for task/event modification
• Since 04 Mar 08: 420840 - Tracking bug for 0.8 RC cleanup

Bugs with blocking-calendar0.8? flags: currently 0 at time of writing. (Bugs requested to block 0.8 release)

Bugs with wanted-calendar0.8+ flags: currently 12 at time of writing. (Bugs which should make it into 0.8)

Bugs with wanted-calendar0.8? flags: currently 0 at time of writing. (Bugs requested to make it into 0.8)

Lightning .xpi:

Official Windows .xpi (2008-03-17 build)

Official Linux .xpi, gdata provider

Official Mac .xpi (2008-03-17 build)

Sunbird builds:

Official Windows, Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686) (2008-03-17 build)

Official Mac (Universal binary) (2008-03-17 build)

What's new in Trunk since 12 August 2005 | Previous releases

Thunderbird-specific:

• Fixed: 307527 - Connection timeout with IMAP on dual core systems
• Fixed: 367879 - some widgets of Account Setting dialog should gray out when they are disabled
• Fixed: 400882 - Account wizard identity page needs a parent box around email textbox and postEmailText label to force ltr
• Fixed: 416342 - download of attachments window shows that download does not progress
• Fixed: 420254 - thunderbird often uses ~10% cpu when idle for no apparent reason
• Fixed: 420770 - File | Open saved message doesn't work anymore
• Fixed: 421382 - Remove dordfcommand, getcompositedatasource
• Fixed: 421781 - Remove fake-account hooks from front-end
• Fixed: 422226 - Don't overwrite my localstore.rdf and mimeTypes.rdf in my source tree, thankyouverymuch!
• Fixed: 422384 - Double-clicking on any message opens an empty message window and mail not marked as read
• Fixed: 422992 - can't create new folder/subfolder anymore - error Error: NewFolder is not defined Source File: chrome://messenger/content/messenger.xul Line: 1
• Fixed: 423075 - In Certificates UI, button says Verification, Dialog uses Validation

MailNews and other related categories:

• Fixed: 327037 - [gcc4 + -O2 + i386] Newsgroup names over-abbreviated on UB Mac
• Fixed: 380620 - frequent local inbox msf corruption
• Fixed: 413721 - the (AOL/Netscape) redirection type code is not used and should be removed
• Fixed: 417065 - Add some tests for the more complex nsIAbCard functions
• Fixed: 419116 - Sending mail through SMTP server that doesn't require user:pass fails
• Fixed: 420454 - Drop nsISupportsArray usage from nsSmtpService
• Fixed: 421786 - Lots of superfluous includes of rdf files
• Fixed: 423259 - Crash [@ nsImapMailFolder::AllocateUidStringFromKeys] on mail startup

Here is a not-so-good query of outstanding Thunderbird-specific blocker and critical bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Current Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.12) | Next planned Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.13) | Previous releases

Functionality:

• Fixed (in 2.0.0.13): 419116 - Sending mail through SMTP server that doesn't require user:pass fails

Thunderbird 2.0.0.13 is planned for release in mid-April.

No outstanding bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Current Sunbird (0.7) | Next planned Sunbird (0.8) | Previous releases

Common:

• Fixed: 336175 - Export calendar to CSV format fails if a task exists in calendar
• Fixed: 337377 - Fails to import Outlook CSV files that have fewer than 13 fields
• Fixed: 398426 - Task list: Priority icon not visible if task is selected due to row background color
• Fixed: 403808 - Missing license header (minimonth.css & minimonth.xml)
• Fixed: 407933 - [Task List] Initial width of the Done column too small - checkbox image is cropped
• Fixed: 415103 - Create release notes for Lightning/Sunbird 0.8
• Fixed: 416435 - moving event in month-view or multiweek-view - session has no properties
• Fixed: 418805 - Editing of an event on a cached calendar in online mode isn't possible
• Fixed: 419351 - Redundant view refresh if tasks are not shown in view
• Fixed: 419414 - CSV files without CRLF line endings not importable
• Fixed: 419462 - CSV files contain bogus data
• Fixed: 419601 - Creating new profile fails; error in reading from storage.sdb
• Fixed: 419860 - Unifinder 'All Future Events' shows past events
• Fixed: 420586 - Don't package Sunbirds updater.ini file in lightning.xpi

Common (Providers):

• Fixed: 418542 - CalDAV provider forces calendar visibility on startup, refresh
• Fixed: 420228 - Cannot dismiss alarms on CalDAV calendars
• Fixed: 420326 - The CalDAV provider does not refresh modified events from server
• Fixed: 420854 - Cannot modify events on CalDAV calendar

Lightning-only:

• Fixed: 361635 - Need to support incoming updates to existing iTIP/iMIP invitations
• Fixed: 374759 - Cannot accept, decline or send iTIP invitations (Error: this.mDefaultIdentity has no properties)
• Fixed: 418115 - wrong start & end time for new events (new event button on today pane)
• Fixed: 419349 - after landing of Bug 379198 decline button on imip-bar stopped working
• Fixed: 420364 - Update to meeting requests fail with "showError is not defined"

0.8 RC1 is out for testing. An RC2 will most likely be released to fix some outstanding bugs though.

Outstanding bugs (marked blocking-calendar0.8+): (4)

• Since 16 Jan 08: 412641 - Tracking bug for L10n issues regarding Sunbird/Lightning 0.8 release
• Since 21 Feb 08: 418854 - Undo is not possible for task/event modification
• Since 27 Feb 08: 419817 - iMip/iTip invitation mail -> No 'Accept'/'Decline' button if WCAP or CalDAV calendar exist
• Since 04 Mar 08: 420840 - Tracking bug for 0.8 RC cleanup

Bugs with blocking-calendar0.8? flags: currently 2 at time of writing. (Bugs requested to block 0.8 release)

Bugs with wanted-calendar0.8+ flags: currently 13 at time of writing. (Bugs which should make it into 0.8)

Bugs with wanted-calendar0.8? flags: currently 0 at time of writing. (Bugs requested to make it into 0.8)

Lightning .xpi:

Official Windows .xpi

Official Linux .xpi

Official Mac .xpi

Sunbird builds:

Official Windows, Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

What's new in Trunk since 12 August 2005 | Previous releases

Thunderbird-specific:

• Fixed: 254031 - DOM inspector from addons.mozilla.org needs to work on thunderbird
• Fixed: 409980 - Probably "Mail" literal instead of a variable to be replaced by branding in "Mail currently sending.... wait?" dialog
• Fixed: 417267 - Remove nsITimelineService hooks in Thunderbird front end
• Fixed: 419555 - "Edit Draft" does not open a compose window
• Fixed: 420537 - Remove unusable printAttachmentCmd strings

MailNews and other related categories:

• Fixed: 232080 - remove printf for "need to reset thread root key"
• Fixed: 420498 - Unnecessary includes of rdf files
• Fixed: 420503 - Remove nsSmtpDataSource
• Fixed: 420618 - Improve nsAbDirectoryDataSource and nsSubscribeDataSource ArcLabelsOut functions
• Fixed: 420769 - Clean up instances of nsISupportsArray in nsNntpIncomingServer and nsNewsDownloader.cpp

Here is a not-so-good query of outstanding Thunderbird-specific blocker and critical bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Current Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.12) | Next planned Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.13?) | Previous releases

Crash:

• Fixed: 419035 - [1.8 branch only] "Random" crash when I want to display a mail

Attachment-related:

• Fixed: 411572 - Unnamed attachments reveal full local paths when forwarded inline or edited as new

Functionality:

• Fixed: 357172 - mail invitation text garbled (VCALENDAR not recognized as UTF-8)

No outstanding bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Something to ponder on, for all non-Firefox devs, by a Firefox dev:

"We certainly aren't going to block the Firefox release on an issue that doesn't affect Firefox. I don't think blocking 1.9- means we won't take a fix for other Gecko apps, which have their own release schedules."

A reply goes like:

"> I don't think blocking 1.9- means we won't take a fix

In this case, sure it does. Since it's minused, none of the people involved in causing this regression will work on it (as they've publicly said in other regressions they've caused). No one else knows the code involved. Once we ship Gecko 1.9 with this, we won't be able to change it on the branch because of compat issues (at least at that point I'd certainly avoid any changes to this on the branch). That's if we even remember this bug exists, since it got taken off all the tracking lists. And assuming anyone bothers to try to fix regressions on branch at all; given how 1.8 has worked, I wouldn't bet on it."

More info at an earlier thread by KaiRo on mozilla.dev.platform discussing the future of Gecko 1.9 for non-Firefox apps.

(I'm disabling comments here to avoid wars. Please air your thoughts at the follow-up thread on the newsgroup.)

Current Sunbird (0.7) | Next planned Sunbird (0.8) | Previous releases

Common:

• Fixed: 394634 - Double Quotes in Description not handled correctly when exported to .CSV files
• Fixed: 401273 - alarms added to all events imported via csv file
• Fixed: 405737 - Import of .csv from Outlook 2000 calculates all alerts in reverse
• Fixed: 414821 - Timezone dialog throws error output when timezone of OS doesn't fit to lightning timezone
• Fixed: 415442 - Sunbird consumes much cpu time
• Fixed: 418647 - Follow-up comment on timezones
• Fixed: 418792 - l10n specific preferences not working (en-US instead of de in user agent string in localized builds)
• Fixed: 418995 - CSV import creates empty fields datastores
• Fixed: 419958 - Refresh the background images in Lightning websites

Common (Providers):

• Fixed: 395654 - failure to renegotiate digest authentication
• Fixed: 418657 - [Task List] Hide Completed Task feature is broken

Lightning-only:

• Fixed: 379198 - Lightning doesn't send iTIP messages on event updates
• Fixed (again): 402534 - Provide a default set of categories
• Fixed: 410635 - task/event to eMail conversion -> subject gets a leading 'Re:'

Outstanding bugs (marked blocking-calendar0.8+): (6)

• Since 23 Nov 06: 361635 - Need to support incoming updates to existing iTIP/iMIP invitations
• (fixed?) Since 16 Jan 08: 412641 - Tracking bug for L10n issues regarding Sunbird/Lightning 0.8 release
• (fixed?) Since 31 Jan 08: 415103 - Create release notes for Lightning/Sunbird 0.8
• Since 21 Feb 08: 418854 - Undo is not possible for task/event modification
• Since 24 Feb 08: 419349 - after landing of Bug 379198 decline button on imip-bar stopped working
• Since 26 Feb 08: 419601 - Creating new profile fails; error in reading from storage.sdb

Bugs with blocking-calendar0.8? flags: currently 2 at time of writing. (Bugs requested to block 0.8 release)

Bugs with wanted-calendar0.8+ flags: currently 13 at time of writing. (Bugs which should make it into 0.8)

Bugs with wanted-calendar0.8? flags: currently 1 at time of writing. (Bugs requested to make it into 0.8)

Lightning .xpi:

Official Windows .xpi

Official Linux .xpi

Official Mac .xpi

Sunbird builds:

Official Windows, Official Windows installer

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

What's new in Trunk since 12 August 2005 | Previous releases

Thunderbird-specific:

• Fixed: 301188 - Import Eudora mail fails to find attachments in other directories
• Fixed: 355859 - Task Doesn't Close - thunderbird process remains
• Fixed: 368347 - Importer (Win Eudora, Mail) does not import message STATUS (read, unread, etc..)
• Fixed: 379515 - Importer (Win Eudora, Mail) Importing Windows Eudora mail is too slow
• Fixed: 399312 - Incomplete Import Installation - impossible to restart process
• Fixed: 415736 - delete/detach attachments in background without question for user
• Fixed: 418727 - Save as text only includes the email subject
• Fixed: 419128 - Importer (Eudora, Address Book). File handling changes on trunk broke Eudora Address Book importing

MailNews and other related categories:

• Fixed: 329021 - Get non-static builds of mailnews working when MOZ_XUL_APP set
• Fixed: 411572 - Unnamed attachments reveal full local paths when forwarded inline or edited as new
• Fixed: 418006 - Fix null-param crash in morkRowCellCursor::NextCell
• Fixed: 419038 - Replace nsISupportsArray usage for nsMsgCompose State Listeners
• Fixed: 419116 - Sending mail through SMTP server that doesn't require user:pass fails
• Fixed: 419471 - Crash [@nsPalmSyncSupport::GetPalmSyncInstall]

Here is a not-so-good query of outstanding Thunderbird-specific blocker and critical bugs.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)

Current Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.12) | Next planned Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.13?) | Previous releases

No checkins during this period.

Outstanding bugs: (5)

• Since 20 Jun 06: 342154 - No more confirmation dialog of attachment correctly saved if attachment file type listed as "save to disk" and "save without asking" option is checked
• Since 20 Nov 06: 361279 - standalone mesage window: Unable to Retrieve Message when 'Retrieve Headers Only' applied
• Since 21 Nov 06: 361417 - Crtl-Shift-A is no longer selecting the entire thread
• Since 07 Jan 07: 366255 - Exception thrown in nsIEditor.inlineSpellChecker when opening/closing the compose window
• Since 29 Jan 07: 368617 - Account setting "OK" button not saving data.

Official Windows, Official Windows installer (discussion)

Official Linux (i686)

Official Mac (Universal binary)