Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version? [CLOSED]
(responding to a few posts)
(Samuel)
Thunderbird 68 was built September 6, so it might not be out
of testing yet. You can add "--enablerepo-updates-testing"
to dnf if it's not available in updates yet.
(Gordon)
No, Thunderbird 60 is not 8 versions out-of-date. There was
no major release in between 60 and 68...
(Felix)
As Gordon already mentioned Thunderbird 68 was released just
a few weeks ago and the previous version was 60.7.
Thunderbird uses Firefox's version numbers without having the
release pace of Firefox so they will skip some versions.
Thunderbird 68 is currently in updates-testing:...
You can install it using...
Thank-you. These answer the core question. It's also good to know
about Thunderbird version numbering.
I assume almost everyone belonging to this list has multiple systems
they can use. I'm an exception. If you install something still in
test, and it doesn't work, you have other systems to turn to. I have
only one system. If I install the Thunderbird-68 test version, and it
doesn't work, I'm stuck. I'd have serious problems. I recall from
previous threads that even using the "fedora HYPERKITTY" has problems:
posts submitted through that web page don't reach everyone. So even
getting help from this list would be limited. This is also why I'm
still at f29. I hold off upgrading to f(n+1) until 1-3 weeks before
f(n+2) is released. This reduces risk and trouble for me. So I'll hold
off upgrading to Thunderbird-68 until I upgrade to f30 (mid-October) or
Thunderbird is released to f29, whichever is first.
(Ed)
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
grep excl *
Though Samuel, Gordon, and Felix answered the real question, it's
good
for me to learn by doing as you said...
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-bash.4[yum.repos.d]: ls
adobe-linux-x86_64.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo
fedora-cisco-openh264.repo rpmfusion-free.repo
fedora-modular.repo rpmfusion-free-updates.repo
fedora.repo rpmfusion-free-updates-testing.repo
fedora-updates-modular.repo rpmfusion-nonfree.repo
fedora-updates.repo rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo
fedora-updates-testing-modular.repo rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing.repo
-bash.5[yum.repos.d]: grep excl*
^C
-bash.6[yum.repos.d]: grep excl *
-bash.7[yum.repos.d]:
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ah, what version of Fedora are you currently running?
Fedora-29, hoping to upgrade to 30 in mid-October.
(Tim)
the anonymous home user:
My friends call me "Bill",
and members of this list are welcome to also.
I use "home user" because I assume that handle is more helpful to list
members trying to help me than is "Bill". With that handle, they have a
better feel for my "level".
When unsure, you can use the locate command...
Thank-you, Tim.
I'll try to keep that in mind.
I've marked this thread "CLOSED". I thank everyone who tried to help.
I did learn a few things.
Bill.