477097 - Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 Release Notes

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Thunderbird, defect)

Description

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

Any bugs that should be referenced on the release notes have the *relnote* keyword.

We also need a target milestone of 3.0b2 created for this bug.

Comment 1

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

manually cc'ing y'all since I didn't clone the bug.  setting as a blocker of the release tracking bug

Comment 2

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

Bryan, I'll be creating the release changelog usually just after code is really frozen (not slushy).

Comment 3

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Bug 455098 is now fixed, so we don't need to reference that in Known issues under mac.


I'm also wondering if we should mention something about the password manager switch - i.e. the way upgrade/downgrade doesn't re-use the old passwords file - I blogged about it when we landed it: http://ccgi.standard8.plus.com/blog/archives/127

Comment 4

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #3)
 
> I'm also wondering if we should mention something about the password manager
> switch - i.e. the way upgrade/downgrade doesn't re-use the old passwords file -
> I blogged about it when we landed it:
> http://ccgi.standard8.plus.com/blog/archives/127

We should.

Comment 5

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

And the fact that if you didn't use the master password earlier, but had a master password (needed for s/mime signing and encryption) you will new be prompted for it at startup. And prompted again, and again until you give up and enter the password - or go to the preferences and uncheck "Use a Master Password".

Comment 6

[rsx11m]

In the "Performance Improvements" section, it could be made more obvious that syncing is on by default now (this was available before):  

"Thunderbird will now download IMAP messages [by default] in the background to allow for faster message loading, and better offline operation. This feature can be enabled [or disabled] on an individual folder basis (via folder properties), or for all folders in an account, via Account Settings / Sync & Disk Space."

Comment 7

[rsx11m]

Typo - http://trunk.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0b2/ states
"Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 - Preview Release - Released: December 9, 2008"
The first part is definitely wrong... ;-)

Also, I've noticed the theme change to what mozilla.com uses, where those grayish fonts on white background have a rather poor contrast.

Comment 8

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Bryan, I'll be creating the release changelog usually just after code is really
> frozen (not slushy).

Done at http://www.rumblingedge.com/2009/02/26/thunderbird-3-beta-2-released/

Comment 9

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

(In reply to comment #8)
> Done at http://www.rumblingedge.com/2009/02/26/thunderbird-3-beta-2-released/

Note that clicking this link at this point in time shows a "... (Not yet) released" situation. :)

Comment 10

[Rafael Ebron (:rebron)]

Attachment: relnote changes

Comment 11

[Rafael Ebron (:rebron)]

draft is up.

http://trunk.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0b2/releasenotes/

Comment 12

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #11)
> draft is up.
> 
> http://trunk.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.0b2/releasenotes/

When you install Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 all of your Extensions and Themes will be disabled until Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 determines that either a) they are compatible with the Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 release or b) there are newer versions available that are compatible.

Can this get some formatting love so we end up with something like 

  a) XXXXXX
  b) YYYYYY

Comment 13

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Comments 3 to 6 haven't been addressed yet.

Comment 14

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

"Users are highly encouraged to install Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 in another folder (on Windows, this is done using Custom Install) and backup their profiles before testing Thunderbird 3 Beta 2."

The installer defaults to Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Beta 2, so...


Nit: it's JavaScript, not Javascript

Comment 15

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

live:
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/3.0b2/releasenotes/

Comment 16

[rsx11m]

(In reply to comment #7)
> Also, I've noticed the theme change to what mozilla.com uses, where those
> grayish fonts on white background have a rather poor contrast.

Apologies for my ignorance in that comment. Having had a closer look at the new pages, I really like the redesign, especially with the background images!

Main reason for my comment was that the light font color may cause problems for people with vision issues, and that's a page with a lot of information to read. Other pages (like the start page) have darker colors for the main text.

Comment 17

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

update:
beta2 is available in 43 different languages.

we listed the beta1 number of 38 languages

Comment 18

[Philippe M. Chiasson (:gozer)]

(In reply to comment #17)
> update:
> beta2 is available in 43 different languages.
>
> we listed the beta1 number of 38 languages

Now corrected on trunk, will be on staging shortly.

Comment 19

[Philippe M. Chiasson (:gozer)]

Fix(In reply to comment #18)
> (In reply to comment #17)
> > update:
> > beta2 is available in 43 different languages.
> >
> > we listed the beta1 number of 38 languages
> 
> Now corrected on trunk, will be on staging shortly.

In production too.

Comment 20

[rsx11m]

System requirements from TB 3.0b2 Release Notes link to TB 2.0 page: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/system-requirements/