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On 9/16/22 04:08, David C. Rankin wrote:
All,
Just saw on announce that Tbird will update to 102. I did testing a couple of months ago with it for a heavy CPU use issue in the 91 version -- it is fixed in 102.
However, the install of 102 will modify your ~/.thunderbird profile in place and it is a one-way modification without any way to undo it if you need to go back for any reason.
Make a quick tar.xz backup of your existing ~/.thunderbird directory before you do the upgrade just to be on the safe side.
I liked 102, so I don't expect issues, but when anything modifies a profile in place -- it's always good to have a backup.
Will the openSUSE update to 102 make use of our current folders? I seem to recall the upgrade creates a new profile that doesn't include all your past materials, settings and folders. If I recall, (and I still have that install in /opt), upon start it had you create a new profile and basically start from scratch. That's what I want to avoid. I don't want to have to recreate 110 mail rules on 7 accounts and have all of that break during this update. If would be nice to have someone who has already had this experience and give a bit of fieedback on whether your old profile is used in 102, or you basically start with a blank slate again. Not looking for to that.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.