Betterbird - Thunderbird fork by original developer
Hi Larry, On 17.05.23 at 01:26 Larry Len Rainey wrote:
Is there any chance to replace Thunderbird with Betterbird.
I guess if there is someone who wants to maintain it, there is no reason not have a package **in addition** to Thunderbird [1]. Give people the choice what to use. Maybe you can prepare a package based on the current Thunderbird one? There is a good chance you might be able to reuse large parts, if they are based on some common code. Kind Regards, Johannes [1] I have not checked license etc., so this is just a general statement. -- Johannes Kastl Linux Consultant & Trainer Tel.: +49 (0) 151 2372 5802 Mail: kastl@b1-systems.de B1 Systems GmbH Osterfeldstraße 7 / 85088 Vohburg http://www.b1-systems.de GF: Ralph Dehner Unternehmenssitz: Vohburg / AG: Ingolstadt,HRB 3537
Hi, I agree it looks more like a good plus to Thunderbird. Before having constant maintainers and getting Betterbird to Factory, the flathub release [1] maybe a useful alternative. It is expected to run perfectly on openSUSE whose flatpak has been maintained and supported. [1] https://flathub.org/apps/eu.betterbird.Betterbird Best wishes, Yifan On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 07:03:53AM +0200, Johannes Kastl wrote:
Hi Larry,
On 17.05.23 at 01:26 Larry Len Rainey wrote:
Is there any chance to replace Thunderbird with Betterbird.
I guess if there is someone who wants to maintain it, there is no reason not have a package **in addition** to Thunderbird [1]. Give people the choice what to use.
Maybe you can prepare a package based on the current Thunderbird one? There is a good chance you might be able to reuse large parts, if they are based on some common code.
Kind Regards, Johannes
[1] I have not checked license etc., so this is just a general statement.
On 2023-05-17 07:35, Yifan Jiang via openSUSE Factory wrote:
Hi,
I agree it looks more like a good plus to Thunderbird. Before having constant maintainers and getting Betterbird to Factory, the flathub release [1] maybe a useful alternative. It is expected to run perfectly on openSUSE whose flatpak has been maintained and supported.
Just a word of caution. I installed BB two days ago and imported everything from my old but not so reliable Thunderbird. It changed my setup in Thunderbird. It probably has something to do with the fact that you have to have the same dot release to be able to switch between the two seamlessly. But since it wasn't obvious and I didn't read every single word in the release notice, I obviously have myself to blame. -- /bengan
On 2023-05-17 07:57, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2023-05-17 07:35, Yifan Jiang via openSUSE Factory wrote:
Just a word of caution. I installed BB two days ago and imported everything from my old but not so reliable Thunderbird. It changed my setup in Thunderbird. It probably has something to do with the fact that you have to have the same dot release to be able to switch between the two seamlessly. But since it wasn't obvious and I didn't read every single word in the release notice, I obviously have myself to blame.
If it altered your thunderbird configuration, it means that it shares configuration files, maybe the entire profile and mail dirs. Maybe it has a trick to use a different profile instead. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.4 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 5/17/23 05:34, Carlos E. R. wrote:
If it altered your thunderbird configuration, it means that it shares configuration files, maybe the entire profile and mail dirs.
Maybe it has a trick to use a different profile instead.
Yes, it shares the TB profile and the notes say you can have both installed and sharing the profile ( just not running at the same time ). If this is added to the repos I don't think it should replace TB allowing users to chose. -- Regards, Joe
Il 17/05/23 06:34, Carlos E. R. ha scritto:
On 2023-05-17 07:57, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2023-05-17 07:35, Yifan Jiang via openSUSE Factory wrote:
Just a word of caution. I installed BB two days ago and imported everything from my old but not so reliable Thunderbird. It changed my setup in Thunderbird. It probably has something to do with the fact that you have to have the same dot release to be able to switch between the two seamlessly. But since it wasn't obvious and I didn't read every single word in the release notice, I obviously have myself to blame.
If it altered your thunderbird configuration, it means that it shares configuration files, maybe the entire profile and mail dirs.
Maybe it has a trick to use a different profile instead.
Yes, by starting the app with the "-p" switch, allows to use a different profile. I probably will give to BB a try just using a different profile since I want to keep my TB intact. -- Marco Calistri Build: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230515 Kernel: 6.3.1-2-default - XFCE: (4.18.2)
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Yifan Jiang