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I believe Thunderbird is now ESR. So it gets a major version then security updates for a year until the next one.
by Caspy7 7y ago
I believe Thunderbird is now ESR. So it gets a major version then security updates for a year until the next one.
- copperx 7y agoWhat is the meaning of ESR? Because that sounds like life support to the layman.
- Caspy7 7y agoNah. I means Extended Support Release. After Firefox moved to the quicker release train, larger organizations were annoyed because they like stability in order to test stuff prior to release and make sure extensions and everything remains the same. So like Ubuntu (iirc) and some others, they created a Firefox ESR that gets security updates and only major updates ~once a year. I think Thunderbird actually just tracks with Firefox ESR.
- naniwaduni 7y agoDo you want your mail reader constantly tracking the latest web tech? The layman hates updates.