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Will thunderbird in Karmic be using a newer version/patched that overcomes gconf gmt error

Asked by GaryW

Here is an error message for Thunderbird 2 in Jaunty

useri@k8amd:~$ thunderbird
GConf Error: Bad key or directory name: "/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/GMT+02/command": `+' is an invalid character in key/directory names
useri@k8amd:~$ date;uname -a;cat /etc/*version*;dpkg -l | grep underbird
Sun Aug 9 14:48:37 BST 2009
Linux k8amd 2.6.28-14-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 00:28:35 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
5.0
ii enigmail 2:0.95.7-1ubuntu2 Enigmail - GPG support for Thunderbird
ii thunderbird 2.0.0.22+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support
ii thunderbird-locale-en-gb 1:2.0.0.14+1-0ubuntu2 Thunderbird English language/region package

From reading this extract ( http://osdir.com/ml/os.solaris.opensolaris.desktop/2008-03/msg00020.html ):
  Subject: Re: GConf/Thunderbird error on Solaris Nevada

  "Hi Mats,I believe you download the contribute builds of Thunderbird 2, and run
it on snv_70.

For some reason, the fix is upstreamed to Thunderbird 3 alpha, but not
community version of Thunderbird 2.
Fixed in snv_68 means the fix was integrated to Thunderbird bundled
with snv_68."

...it seems that the fix for this in thunderbird2 might require some manual intervention as although the problem is well know, the fix was only incorporated in the newer thunderbird3.

Have just checked the Karmic version at:
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/thunderbird
which currently shows that version 2 of thunderbird is planned for Karmic release.

As thunderbird3 is at Beta 3 right now I can perhaps see why debian and ubuntu are sticking with Thunderbird2 just now.
  http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/about/press/archive/2009-07-21-01

However it does seem a shame to ship a new release with this known gconf issue unpatched.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Log a bug, if it is a duplicate then it will be marked os one. You can then monitor it to see if it gets marked as resolved before release date.

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GaryW (gnubyexample) said : 		#2

Seems like Ubuntu Lucid is going to use Thunderbird 3

: #root@amd754n(archives) ;dpkg -l | grep thunderbird
ii thunderbird 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 mail/news client with RSS and integrated spa
ii thunderbird-gnome-support 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 Support for Gnome in Mozilla Thunderbird
: #root@amd754n(archives) ;cat /etc/*elease*;date;uname -a
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu lucid (development branch)"
Wed Mar 31 19:03:25 BST 2010
Linux amd754n 2.6.32-17-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 19 23:58:53 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

The gconf issue of my original question only applied to the older Thunderbird 2 in relevant reports so this question can now be closed as Thunderbird 3 will be used for Ubuntu Lucid.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

you don't need to be root or use sudo to use dpkg -l as it only views the packages, you only need extra access when installing or removing packages.

If you want you can add the mozilla ppa and have thunderbird 3.0.3 in all the currently supported releases.