Thunderbird 3.0.x [LSARC/2009/085 FastTrack timeout 02/25/2009]
Lloyd Chambers
Lloyd.Chambers at sun.com
Tue Feb 24 09:56:24 PST 2009
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Lloyd Chambers
GlassFish team, LSARC member
On Feb 10, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Brian Cameron wrote:
>
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI
> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> Thunderbird 3.0.x
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Brian Lu
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 10 February, 2009
> 4. Technical Description
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> Thunderbird 3.0.x for Solaris Nevada
>
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Brian Lu
> Sponsor: Brian Cameron
>
> 1.3. Date of This Document:
> Jan 5th, 2009
>
> 2. Project Summary
> 2.1. Project Description:
>
> Thunderbird 3.0.x is a full-featured email, RSS and newsgroup client
> developed by the Mozilla community. It provides functionality
> equivalent to the Mozilla mail and newsgroups features.
>
> 4. Technical Description:
> 4.1. Details:
>
> Thunderbird 3.0.x will continue to build on the success of
> Thunderbird 2.0 by focusing on helping users manage their
> e-mail and protect their privacy.
>
> User's configuration files can be shared between Thunderbird 2.0.x
> and Thunderbird 3.0.x. User can use Thunderbird 3.0.x on one
> machine and
> use Thunderbird 2.0.x on another (e.g. in SunRay environment)
> with same
> configuration files.
>
> Thunderbird 3.0.x is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 platform which has
> more than 10,000
> updates including some major re-architecting to provide improved
> performance, stability, web compatibility, and code simplification
> and sustainability.
>
> Some notable changes include:
>
> 1. User Experience Improvements
>
> * Tabbed Email
>
> Email messages, folders, and calendars (with the Lightning
> extension installed) can be opened in tabs.
>
> * Improved Message Reader View
>
> This is the first stage of a series of refinements to the
> message reading experience. The first stage brings email
> controls closer to the area in which the user is operating.
>
> * New Add-ons Manager
>
> The new Add-ons Manager (Tools > Add-ons) can now be used
> to find, download, and install Thunderbird Add-ons which
> includes Extensions, Themes, and Plugins.
>
> * Improved Address Book
>
> If someone is in your address book, it is indicated by a new
> star icon which you can click to edit contact details inline.
> If they are not in your address book, you can add them with one
> click of the icon. A new birthday field allows you to keep
> track of your friends' birthdays.
>
> All user's configuration files are in $HOME/.thunderbird/user-
> profile/
> (user-profile is generated based on the profile name).
>
>
> 2. Performance improvements
>
> * Faster Message Loading for IMAP
>
> Thunderbird will now download IMAP messages in the background
> to allow for faster message loading, and better offline
> operation.
> This feature can be enabled on an individual folder basis
> (via folder properties), or for all folders in an account,
> via Account Settings / Sync & Disk Space.
>
> For a more detailed list of bug fixes, please refer to the
> Rumbling Edge
> (http://www.rumblingedge.com/2008/11/26/thunderbird-30-beta-1-released/
> ).
>
>
> 4.5. Interfaces:
>
> +--------------------------------------
> +----------------------------------------+
> | Interfaces
> Exported |
> +--------------------------+----------------
> +-----------------------------------+
> | Interface Name | Classification |
> Comment |
> +==========================+================
> +===================================+
> | $HOME/.thunderbird | Volatile | The location of
> user |
> | | |
> profiles. |
> +--------------------------+----------------
> +-----------------------------------+
> | /usr/lib/thunderbird | Uncommitted | Install
> location |
> | |
> | |
> +--------------------------+----------------
> +-----------------------------------+
> | /usr/bin/thunderbird | Committed | Link pointing to
> the |
> | | | default
> thunderbird, i.e. |
> | | | /usr/lib/
> thunderbird/thunderbird |
> +--------------------------+----------------
> +-----------------------------------+
> | Thunderbird CLI | Committed | Thunderbird command
> line |
> | | |
> interface |
> +--------------------------+----------------
> +-----------------------------------+
> | Thunderbird GUI | Volatile | Thunderbird
> graphical user |
> | | |
> interface |
> +--------------------------+----------------
> +-----------------------------------+
> | SUNWthunderbird | Uncommitted | Package name for
> Thunderbird |
> | |
> | |
> +--------------------------+----------------
> +-----------------------------------+
> | SUNWthunderbird-calendar | Uncommitted | Package name for
> Lighting |
> +--------------------------+----------------
> +-----------------------------------+
>
>
> +---------------------------------------
> +----------------------------------+
> | Interfaces
> Imported |
> +------------------------+------------------
> +------------------------------+
> | Interface Name | Classification |
> Comment |
> +========================+==================
> +==============================+
> | NSS/NSPR | Committed | needs NSS 3.12 and
> NSPR 4.7 |
> | | | uses NSS/NSPR
> under |
> | | | /usr/lib/
> mps |
> | | | WSARC/
> 2007/548 |
> +------------------------+------------------
> +------------------------------+
> | SQLite | Volatile | needs SQLite
> 3.X |
> | | | SQLite is being
> integrated |
> | | | into
> nevada |
> | | | PSARC/
> 2008/120 |
> | | | PSARC/
> 2009/023 |
> | | |
> SUNWsqlite3 |
> +------------------------+------------------
> +------------------------------+
> | Cairo | Volatile | needs Cairo
> 1.6 |
> | | | LSARC/
> 2006/202 |
> +------------------------+------------------
> +------------------------------+
> | theora | Volatile | needs theora
> 1.0 |
> | | |
> SUNWlibtheora |
> | | | SUNWlibtheora-
> devel |
> +------------------------+------------------
> +------------------------------+
>
>
> 4.10. Packaging & Delivery
> This project is targeting a Patch release of Solaris.
>
> The project will be delivering the following packages:
>
> SUNWthunderbird Thunderbird Mail Client
> SUNWthunderbird-calender Thunderbird Calender extension
>
> 4.11. Security Impact:
> None
>
> 4.12. Dependencies:
> Refer to Imported Interface table.
>
>
> 5. Reference Documents:
>
> Thunderbird home page- http://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird
> Thunderbird3 home page - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Thunderbird3
>
> The up-to-date information about Thunderbird3 can be found at
> https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Thunderbird3:DevRoadmap
>
> Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories -
> http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/
>
> Other Related ARC case
> LSARC/2006/693 ThunderBird 2 for Solaris Nevada and
> Solaris10 Update
> WSARC/2007/548 NSPR/NSS/JSS Reclassification
> WSARC/2002/366 NSS WSARC case
> WSARC/2002/217 NSPR WSARC case
> PSARC/2008/120 SQLite 3.x
> PSARC/2009/023 SQLite3 update to 3.6.9
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> Desktop
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
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