![]() ![]() Please read these notes and the bug filing instructions before reporting any bugs to Bugzilla. "Even after we did the end-of-life for Firefox 1.5, developers who were employed by Mozilla Corp., and members of the Gecko community would respond to patch request from the Thunderbird team," added Beltzner.These Release Notes cover what's new, download and installation instructions, known issues and frequently asked questions for Firefox 2. "Mozilla, in some form, will provide support for Thunderbird based on the official lifecycle policy, like we did for 1.0 and 1.5," said Michael Conner, of Mozilla, in a message posted in late September. Other Mozilla developers had responded previously to Paquet's concern about a lack of patches for Thunderbird, noting that during earlier end-of-life moves, programmers continued to support the e-mail client. "It just means that our focus won't be on actively maintaining that branch. "The end of support for Firefox 2.0 doesn't mean that won't be able to work on the Gecko code," he said. 18, when Beta 1 is to enter "code freeze" status.īut the demise of Firefox 2.0 support doesn't mean that Thunderbird 2.0 users will be left out to dry, Beltzner said today, making an effort to differentiate work on Firefox from the underlying Gecko engine. Previously, Mozilla Messaging had said the first release candidate for Thunderbird 3.0 would likely ship in late January, with a final some time after that.Ĭurrently, the Thunderbird timetable omits any dates after Nov. Earlier this month, for example, Mozilla Messaging renamed what had originally been Beta 1 of Thunderbird 3.0 as, in fact, a third alpha. spin-off, is considerably behind Firefox in its shift toward version 3.0, which is based on the Gecko 1.9 tree. Thunderbird, which is developed and maintained by Mozilla Messaging Inc., a Mozilla Corp. "Based on the current release planning, will be released 3-4 months after the Gecko 1.8, when is still the stable release," said Simon Paquet. One user on the message forum asked Beltzner how the end-of-life for Firefox would affect Thunderbird 2.0, the e-mail client that's built on the same Gecko foundation as Firefox 2.0, or other applications, such as SeaMonkey or Camino, also based on Gecko 1.8.1. ![]() "Presently two-thirds of our users are using Firefox 3, with more than 50% accepting the first major upgrade offer back in late August," said Beltzner in message posted early Wednesday to the Mozilla site. He also noted that a majority of Firefox 2.0 users have taken advantage of an upgrade offer to Firefox 3.0 that Mozilla triggered two months ago. Beltzner confirmed today that Firefox 2.0 remains on track for retirement by the end of December. ![]()
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