Thunderbird on Slint

Thu Jul 22 18:16:52 UTC 2021

Yes, I did that.  I had removed the change when I thought the version 
Thunderbird asked me about downloading might be in the repository, but I 
had the brains to put it back.

Al

On 7/22/21 1:10 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> After you upgrade thunderbird, remember to add "^mozilla-thunderbird" to the "exclude" expression in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc", before your next system upgrade.  Otherwise, your new thunderbird will be replaced with the old one.
>
> HTH,
>
> Dave
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 22, 2021, at 11:23 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Al,
>>
>> quick answer: after each upgrade.
>> This is:  thunderbird -P --allow-downgrade (mind the capital P)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Didier
>>
>>> Le 22/07/2021 à 16:57, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>> Hi, Didier.
>>> Quick question:  since I installed a version of Thunderbird according to the instructions you linked to last week, do I still need to use "-p allow-downgrade" to bring it up after a new install?  (I hope I wrote that right, as I did it from memory.)
>>> Thanks!
>>> Al
>>>> On 7/21/21 3:57 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>> Hi Brandt,
>>>>
>>>> short answer:
>>>> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/testing/README
>>>>
>>>> Discard the comment about Speech Dispatcher, a fairly recent
>>>> one is     already in Slint.
>>>>
>>>> More:
>>>> https://slint.fr/doc/
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Didier
>>>> -- 
>>>> Didier Spaier
>>>>
>>>> Le 21/07/2021 à 08:53, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I just checked the version of Thunderbird in slint, and I saw it is about 10 versions out of date. Is there a way to get a newer version of the software? I know, I can probably get it from github, but I must admit, it is not my favorite way of installing software.
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