On 9/16/22 19:44, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
Back in the days when I was studying Computer Science, one of the cardinal rules of software engineering we were taught was - "Never Never Never destroy user data! Don't even touch it without first backing it up (for the user also) and be ready to restore software and data if anything goes wrong.
Oh how true. While this update shouldn't destroy data, the fact that it prevents you from reverting to your old setup if something goes wrong -- is almost as bad. I don't know how long you folks have been using thunderbird, but I've been using it for 20 years. The thought of something occurring like occurred a year or so ago that wiped 17 years of mail data away just cannot happen. For instance, let's say I upgrade the the new TB is so ugly it needs to wear a bag over it's heqd when it goes out in public. I would want to revert until the UI elements making it that would could be fixed. But with this one shot profile fiddling that goes on with the 102 update, that path is blocked (without your pre-upgrade backup) This kind of stuff is popping up more and more -- almost a frequently as choromium appears on the security upgrade list... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.