Thunderbird switched from ESR to Release version?

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Just reinstalled my Fedora 43 and all of my packages. Now, I was wondering that Thunderbird is available as Version 146.0. ESR version is 140.6.0.

Didn’t recognize that, because I was using the Release version and installed it manually via tar file till then.

I always wanted to be able to choose between ESR and Release version. So, I like that switch. But the profile folder is still named “123.default-esr“, that’s why I was wondering.

Looks like the switch was made in October already.

Did I miss an announcement?

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Sorry for my stupid question, but what does that mean? Is Fedora really on Release channel now, or still on ESR channel? :thinking:

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Fedora used to be on ESR until recently (not sure when the change happened) and is now providing stable (v.146 as of today).

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Great! I like! :+1:

Changed the profile folder from “123.default-esr“ to “123.default-default“. Maybe this should happen when installing Thunderbird from scratch. :wink:

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I think if you installed non-ESR Thunderbird from scratch and created a profile, you’d indeed get one without “esr” in the name.

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No, that’s not the case. I did that yesterday, installed Fedora 43 KDE from scratch and got that esr-profile. That’s why I was wondering … :wink:

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Aha, then that does indeed seem confusing :grinning_face:

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