Beware: Thunderbird (ver 3.0.1) CORRUPTS all email state

[Steve Dickson]

On 01/28/2010 08:29 AM, Alex Hudson wrote:
> I don't usually throw in my 2p on subjective issues like this, but...
> 
> On 28/01/10 13:17, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> Most of us really take pride in making sure what we push out to
>> the community has been tested and will not be disruptive
>> or destructive. Then there a small group of people that simply
>> don't give a damn what they push out or the havoc they cause.
>> This makes the *entire* community look like crap...
>>    
> 
> I think it's a bit unfair to assume less than good faith on the part of 
> other developers.
Maybe... but it sure seems like this is a systemic problem.. 

> 
> I'm running 3.0.1 right now, I run it pretty hard on some large accounts 
> and with a variety of mail servers (dovecot for one). I haven't seen 
> anything like this bug, on any machines I run.
> 
> I think it's super-helpful for you to point out potentially really 
> horrible bugs like this, and I applaud that. But, even though I'm 
> guessing every tbird 3.0.01 user you've spoken to you has told you it's 
> eaten their mail, it doesn't seem to have happened here and I would bet 
> there are other users for whom it's working great. I don't think this is 
> a case of just "pushing out crap".
I guess I have a different definition of crap... ;-)

I have been on both sides of these bugs... So I know (the hard way)
when you push something out that breaks existing configurations, its crap! 

steved.