Re: Updates: re: 2.49.5

2020-12-07 Thread Daniel
Edmund Wong wrote on 08/12/20 10:48: Edmund Wong wrote: Hi All, This is a quick specific mention for version 2.49.5. There are no updates to this version. There are updates to 2.49.4. Just none to 2.49.5. Users hoping to update to this version will need to update manually. Further to my

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread Daniel
Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote on 07/12/20 21:40: Edmund Wong wrote: Hi All, I hope all is well with everyone. I've been spending a lot of time working on the update system.  When I started this project some time ago,  I had just wanted to use the old system and update (pun not intended)it. 

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread Steve Wendt via support-seamonkey
On 12/7/2020 4:05 PM, Edmund Wong wrote: What I do know is that there was never an automatic upgrade path from < 2.0 to 2.0. It was always manual. I think the best way is to backup the profile, and upgrade SeaMonkey manually from < 2.0 to 2.0, then 2.0 to 2.1..etc up until 2.24 (while

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread Edmund Wong
Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote: > Edmund Wong wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I hope all is well with everyone. >> >> I've been spending a lot of time working on the update system.  When I >> started this project some time ago,  I had just wanted to use the >> old system and update (pun not intended)it. 

Re: Updates: re: 2.49.5

2020-12-07 Thread Edmund Wong
Edmund Wong wrote: > Hi All, > > This is a quick specific mention for version 2.49.5. > > There are no updates to this version. There are updates to 2.49.4. > Just none to 2.49.5. Users hoping to update to this > version will need to update manually. Further to my post, I'm currently working

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread WaltS48
On 12/7/20 5:34 PM, mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: WaltS48 wrote: On 12/7/20 2:43 PM, Gerry Hickman wrote: Edmund Wong wrote: Now fast forward a few years to 2020 after working on this on-and-off. With the release process still being half-manually generated (though the process

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread mozilla-lists . mbourne
WaltS48 wrote: On 12/7/20 2:43 PM, Gerry Hickman wrote: Edmund Wong wrote: Now fast forward a few years to 2020 after working on this on-and-off. With the release process still being half-manually generated (though the process has gotten a bit faster), I figured I'd tackle this update issue

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread Gerry Hickman via support-seamonkey
WaltS48 wrote: What is EPEL? Ubuntu doesn't provide SeaMonkey in its main repo anymore. I have to download and install each new version over the old. An internal app update mechanism would be greatly appreciated. EPEL is "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux", you can add it as a

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread WaltS48
On 12/7/20 2:43 PM, Gerry Hickman wrote: Edmund Wong wrote: Now fast forward a few years to 2020 after working on this on-and-off. With the release process still being half-manually generated (though the process has gotten a bit faster), I figured I'd tackle this update issue once and for all.

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread Gerry Hickman via support-seamonkey
Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote: Just one question to that: I have an ancient profile which I found on an unused machine and where I'd like to at least have access to the emails there. Would a modern Seamonkey be able to understand them I'd say it's important that you upgrade (and test) any

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread Gerry Hickman via support-seamonkey
Edmund Wong wrote: Now fast forward a few years to 2020 after working on this on-and-off. With the release process still being half-manually generated (though the process has gotten a bit faster), I figured I'd tackle this update issue once and for all. The way it works on Linux distros is

Re: Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread Don Spam's Reckless Son
Edmund Wong wrote: Hi All, I hope all is well with everyone. I've been spending a lot of time working on the update system. When I started this project some time ago, I had just wanted to use the old system and update (pun not intended)it. Gave up that idea and went for something else. Now

Updates: re: 2.49.5

2020-12-07 Thread Edmund Wong
Hi All, This is a quick specific mention for version 2.49.5. There are no updates to this version. There are updates to 2.49.4. Just none to 2.49.5. Users hoping to update to this version will need to update manually. Why? Because 2.49.5 was a difficult version (at least for me) to release

Updates: General

2020-12-07 Thread Edmund Wong
Hi All, I hope all is well with everyone. I've been spending a lot of time working on the update system. When I started this project some time ago, I had just wanted to use the old system and update (pun not intended)it. Gave up that idea and went for something else. Now fast forward a few