[arch-general] Thunderbird 78

[Geo Kozey]

> From: Maarten de Vries via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org>
> Sent: Wed Oct 28 12:20:45 CET 2020
> To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general at archlinux.org>
> Cc: Maarten de Vries <maarten at de-vri.es>
> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Thunderbird 78
> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 23:26, Bjoern Franke via arch-general <
> arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> > Am 27.10.20 um 23:12 schrieb Javier via arch-general:
> > > I really hope not, I prefer to wait than having to build TB on every
> > release.  Besides, current version works just fine...
> > >
> >
> > There are also bin-packages so you don't have build it really.
> >
> 
> True, but it still won't update automatically with `pacman -Syu`. For an
> email client, automatic security updates are quite important. Having to
> update manually from the AUR would certainly be a downgrade in user
> experience.
> 

Current version is affected by many known security vulnerabilities[1].
This is the reason even your grandma distro made update.
I think running '<aur-helper> -Syu' isn't beyond capabilities of someone who takes
security importantly.


[1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/ 

Yours sincerely

G. K.