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On 30/06/2022 08:29, Richard Brown wrote:
Hi
I am using Manjaro distro with Thunderbird as the mail client. It is running version 91.10.0. I would like to upgrade to the latest version which is 102.
1. Is there a way to force the upgrade please?
From the Thunderbird website:
Thunderbird version 102.0 is only offered as direct download from thunderbird.net and not as an upgrade from Thunderbird version 91 or earlier. A future release will provide updates from earlier versions.
I would imagine that this is holding back the devs.
Is there actually a feature or bug that you want in 102 that isn't there in 91.10.0 ?
While 102 may sound like a big difference from 91.10.0, the actual releases go straight from 91.10.0 --> 91.11.0 (minor bug fix) --> 102
So you are only really 1 major version behind the latest release.
2. Am I likely to break something?
2. Probably, 91.10.0 is the version that the distribution maintainers have packaged with your distribution (see https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=manjaro). This is the version that they have quality and assurance tested with the other components in your distribution. If you were to remove it and somehow install version 102, then you would have to perform all that quality and assurance testing for yourself. You may find that just about everything works, but if something doesn't work then you're unlikely to find help in that regard.
Thanks
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Richard Brown
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