{"id":15901,"date":"2020-09-16T09:15:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T07:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=15901"},"modified":"2020-09-16T09:15:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T07:15:33","slug":"thunderbird-68-x-update-auf-version-78-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2020\/09\/16\/thunderbird-68-x-update-auf-version-78-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird 68.x: Update to version 78.x is shipped"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]Short information for users of the Thunderbird e-mail client. The developers have released the auto-update for older 68 versions, which will upgrade them to the current 78.x version. Here is a short outline of the situation and some voices with hints what there is to know.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Thunderbird developers had previously blocked the update from version 68.x to the 78 development branch, as I noted in the article Thunderbird 78.2.2 released<\/a>.  There it said: <\/p>\n

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According to the release notes<\/a>, Thunderbird version 78.2.2 is only offered as a direct download from thunderbird.net and not as an upgrade from Thunderbird version 68 or earlier. A future version will include updates from earlier versions. Automatic updates are available for users who are already running version 78.0 or higher.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This has changed, users with Thunderbird 68.x will now be updated to version 78.x via its update function. I was offered the update, but I haven't had it installed yet. And it was already mentioned in the German comments here<\/a>:  : <\/p>\n

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Well, I'm still using version 68.12.0 and the 78.2.2 is offered for installation in the About-Box (\"About Thunderbird\" in the \"Help\" menu).
That shouldn't be according to the release note, right?
Hmmm…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The explanation can also be found in the German comments here<\/a> in the blog: <\/p>\n

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@Peter
Yes, but it is already right! The programmers of \"Enigmail\" just wanted to make sure that Thunderbird supports GPG, which is the case since version 78.2.1.
Today I also updated to version 78.2.2 \"About Thunderbird\", immediately I was offered to migrate the keys from \"Enigmail\" to \"Thunderbird\" and removed \"Enigmail\" from the add-ons(bye, bye and thanks for the fish).
So far everything seems to work and minimizing to the tray works without any extra program again(4t) :-)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The colleagues of deskmodder.de also point out this change in this German article<\/a>. But I guess it is not without criticism. In the comments on deskmodder.de there are hints to problems with addons which are not compatible. And on Twitter<\/a> Patrick said the following: <\/p>\n

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With the update from #Thunderbird 68 to 78.2.2 the telemetry data acquisition of @mozilla will be activated without further inquiry, although the German text in the settings allows the choice. <\/p>\n

cc @mozthunderbird @Deskmodder @etguenni @UlrichKelber #DSGVO #GDPR #privacyshield<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And in this tweet<\/a> he points out another problem.  <\/p>\n

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After the update from #Thunderbird 68 to 78.2.2 a user now has to click 4x in a menu to send an encrypted e-mail with digital signature and without sending the public key to an existing communication partner. :( <\/p>\n

@mozthunderbird @etguenni<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So check before an update whether you are possibly affected by the noted facts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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