+1 .............................................. 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 >
