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* Can we give a count of security fixes last year, maybe including a list of issues that users may have heard of?
* Can we give a count of security fixes last year, maybe including a list of issues that users may have heard of?


Much of the code for Thunderbird is the same code that Firefox uses. That means that security efforts to keep Firefox safe, also keep Thunderbird safe. But it also means that the hundreds of developers that are improving Firefox sometimes cause issues in Thunderbird that our small team of developers needs to fix. Add to that changes in email providers, and changes to operating systems. Just keeping Thunderbird current and secure takes a lot of effort.
Significant parts of the code for Thunderbird are shared with Firefox. This means that security efforts to keep Firefox safe, also keep Thunderbird safe. But it also means that the hundreds of developers that are improving Firefox sometimes cause issues in Thunderbird that our small team of developers needs to fix. Add to that changes in email providers, and changes to operating systems. Just keeping Thunderbird current and secure takes a lot of time and effort.


= People and their roles. =
= People and their roles. =
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