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With the release of Thunderbird 10 approaching | With the release of Thunderbird 10 approaching, the fact that our ESR version of Thunderbird will be based on it and that 3.1.x is approaching end of life (May 5), we need to test updates from 3.1.17 to 10.0b and make sure that we can catch any major errors. At the same time we would like to document support issues so that our support is more efficient when people do the update in the next few weeks. | ||
To do so we would like to have a test day focused on Updating from the latest 3.1 series (ie to date 3.1.17) to the latest 10 series (to date 10b4). And we would like participants to | To do so we would like to have a test day focused on Updating from the latest 3.1 series (ie to date 3.1.17) to the latest 10 series (to date 10b4). And we would like participants to provide feedback and notify of all the issues they might find while updating. | ||
=== How to participate === | === How to participate === | ||
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* Change update the channel of your Thunderbird: | * Change update the channel of your Thunderbird: | ||
*# stop Thunderbird | *# stop Thunderbird | ||
*# In the Thunderbird install directory (or .app on mac) edit the defaults/channels.js and change the channel to "betatest" | *# In the Thunderbird install directory (or .app on mac) edit the default/prefs/channel-pref.js [is it defaults/channels.js on a Mac or Linux ?] and change the line pref("app.update.channel", "release"); to pref("app.update.channel", "betatest");*# save the file | ||
*# save the file | *# start Thunderbird | ||
*# start | * On Windows and Linux, go to Help -> check for updates (Thunderbird -> check for updates on the mac) | ||
* On Windows and Linux | |||
* Apply the update | * Apply the update | ||
* verify that things that were working are still working | * verify that things that were working are still working | ||
** Some extensions will not work - let us know which | ** Some extensions will not work - let us know which ones | ||
** File bugs in bugzilla for anything that doesn't work anymore | ** File bugs in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Thunderbird bugzilla] for anything that doesn't work anymore. Please mark the bug dependent of bug XXX[??] | ||
* Join us on IRC (irc.mozilla.org, in #tb-qa - see below in Things to know how to join) on January the 26th 2012, and ask | * Join us on IRC (irc.mozilla.org, in #tb-qa - see below in Things to know how to join) on January the 26th 2012, and ask any question and give feedback. | ||
** Feedback will be | ** Feedback will be consolidated for support purposes on an etherpad at [??] | ||
=== Things to known === | === Things to known === | ||
We do not recommend that you use a production profile for these | We do not recommend that you use a production profile for these tests, if you do - please make sure to [http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Profiles#Backing_up_a_profile= back up] the existing profile before starting the tests. Creating a test profile is documented [http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Using+Multiple+Profiles here]. | ||
If You need any help just join us on [http://irc.mozilla.org/ irc.mozilla.org] in #tb-qa (just click on [http://www.mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23tb-qa this link]) - and be a bit patient before we answer we don't monitor the channel every second nor minute. | If You need any help just join us on [http://irc.mozilla.org/ irc.mozilla.org] in #tb-qa (just click on [http://www.mibbit.com/chat/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23tb-qa this link]) - and be a bit patient before we answer we don't monitor the channel every second nor minute. | ||