Feature #17148

Upgrade to Thunderbird 78 ESR

Added by intrigeri 2019-10-11 07:00:49 . Updated 2020-03-29 16:35:00 .

Status:
Confirmed
Priority:
Elevated
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Category:
Target version:
Tails_4.11
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

50%

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Type of work:
Code
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Affected tool:
Email Client
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Description

Thunderbird 78 should be released in northern hemisphere summer 2020; Thunderbird 68 should become EOL in fall 2020, which will be our deadline for upgrading to v78.

The two Thunderbird patches we created to replace TorBirdy were upstreamed (Feature #17283) and should be part of Thunderbird 78, so they can be dropped from the patches we apply on top. Those are:

  • config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/build/thunderbird-patches/Avoid-local-timestamp-disclosure-in-Date-header.patch
  • config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/build/thunderbird-patches/Avoid-spellchecking-language-disclosure-in-Content-Language-header.patch

In the upstream patches, the pref mail.mime.avoid_fingerprinting was split into two new prefs, which have to be enabled instead:

  • mail.suppress_content_language
  • mail.sanitize_date_header

Subtasks

Feature #17147: Migrate from Enigmail to Thunderbird 78's built-in OpenPGP support Confirmed

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Feature #17149: Figure out what to do with Torbirdy vs. Thunderbird 78 ESR Rejected

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Related issues

Blocks Tails - Feature #16209: Core work: Foundations Team Confirmed

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2019-10-11 07:01:11

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2019-10-11 07:04:16

  • Subject changed from Upgrade to Thunderbird 78 to Upgrade to Thunderbird 78 ESR
  • Description updated

#3 Updated by segfault 2020-03-29 16:35:00

  • Description updated