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(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #7)
> > re If the upgrade is unreliable, which I expect it to be at this stage, the general recommendation should be to create a new profile for 78 and transfer data manually.
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> foremost (at least for us here), it is essential to ensure the user keeps the testcase. It would also be helpful to have the person be present in the bug report so that developers can have direct contact.  This will help speed the resolution of what is causing the problem.
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> > Has there been a stop put on auto updates ?
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> There are no auto updates provided by thunderbird.net - so there is nothing we can stop
Having lost address book and calendar functionality by an auto update from 68 to 78 (how I don't know) on 3 computers I uninstalled 78 and downloaded and reinstalled 68 from https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releasenotes/. 30 minutes later I'm back on 78. The only option I can see to stop updates is to notify before install. I now have 3 profiles (all backed up) plus a daily computer backup of my profile before any update including abook.mab. I will try uninstalling 78 completely, including data folder and then reinstall 68 not connected to the web before copying abook.mab to see if I can get a working version. I can try an update to 78.
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> > Why was 78 released too early?
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> Given that we have no previous reports of this prior to releasing (at least none that I recollect), I don't conclude that 78 was released too early.
I found the loss of gmail calendar functionality frustration until a workaround appeared on GitHub

(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #7)
> > re If the upgrade is unreliable, which I expect it to be at this stage, the general recommendation should be to create a new profile for 78 and transfer data manually.
> 
> foremost (at least for us here), it is essential to ensure the user keeps the testcase. It would also be helpful to have the person be present in the bug report so that developers can have direct contact.  This will help speed the resolution of what is causing the problem.
> 
> > Has there been a stop put on auto updates ?
> 
> There are no auto updates provided by thunderbird.net - so there is nothing we can stop

Having lost address book and calendar functionality by an auto update from 68 to 78 (how I don't know) on 3 computers I uninstalled 78 and downloaded and reinstalled 68 from https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releasenotes/. 30 minutes later I'm back on 78. The only option I can see to stop updates is to notify before install. I now have 3 profiles (all backed up) plus a daily computer backup of my profile before any update including abook.mab. I will try uninstalling 78 completely, including data folder and then reinstall 68 not connected to the web before copying abook.mab to see if I can get a working version. I can try an update to 78.

> 
> > Why was 78 released too early?
> 
> Given that we have no previous reports of this prior to releasing (at least none that I recollect), I don't conclude that 78 was released too early.

I found the loss of gmail calendar functionality frustration until a workaround appeared on GitHub