[arch-general] New Thunderbird build 3.0-2 installs lightning by default

[Javier Vasquez]

On 12/18/09, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On 12/15/09, Ionut Biru <biru.ionut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/15/2009 09:19 PM, Arvid Picciani wrote:
>>>> On 12/15/2009 07:37 AM, Jürgen Hagemann wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> thunderbird-3.0-3 has no gnomeui, no lightning.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ionut
>>
>>
>> And is this good?  The lightning XPI doesn't work for x86_64, the
>> lightning in AUR doesn't work with 3.0 (I even tried to tweak PKGBUILD
>> myself with no luck), so there's no lightning at all for x86_64
>> architecture...
>
> I can see the logic behind the decision, if lightning (as shipped with
> TB3) is suggested to be turned off by upstream, then it's prudent to
> turn it off in the distro's default build too.  Irritating for me,
> yes, but I can live with it.
>
> I put up a binary package based on a modified PKGBUILD (actually, the
> file that needs modifying is mozconfig) at
> http://therning.org/magnus_arch/thunderbird-3.0-3.1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
> It's what I use and it works for me.  If you don't want to use the
> binary directly I'll be happy to post the source package for you.
>
> /M
>
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The change is this one, right?

% diff mozconfig.1 mozconfig.2
24d23
< ac_add_options --enable-calendar

I understand what you're saying.  However the effect of following the
recommendation is orphaning x86_64 from lightning.

What seems an issue to me is not considering calendar integration
(whether by add-on, or built-in) as a must for thunderbird (so far
such integration for x86_64 is only possible built-in).

So I can compile my own thunderbird-lightning package (already did,
with the enable option before), but as the issue is that calendar
integration is not consider a must for thunderbird, while it is a need
for me, perhaps the best approach for me is to drop thunderbird for
another e-mail client for which calendar integration is a must...

If calendar integration was a must, another option might have been considered:

1.-  Drop calendar support for x86_64.  (selected option)
2.-  Keep calendar support with 3.0 built-in.
3.-  Don't update to 3.0 for x86_64 until calendar support is enabled
through add-on.

Any ways, I won't discuss further since answers indicate people is OK
with the decision...

Thanks,

-- 
Javier.