Thunderbird Moves to Monthly Updates from March 2025
Quoting: Thunderbird Moves to Monthly Updates from March 2025 - OMG! Ubuntu —
“We’re excited to announce that starting with the 135.0 release in March 2025, the Thunderbird Release channel will be the default download,” Corey Bryant, manager of Thunderbird Release Operations, shares in an update on the project’s discussion hub.
Right now, users who visit the Thunderbird website and hit the giant download get the latest Extended Support Release (ESR) build by default. It gets one major feature update a year plus smaller bug fix and security updates issued in-between.
The version of Thunderbird Ubuntu includes (for expanded installs) is also an ESR build.
All of the fast-paced ‘new feature’ work happens in Thunderbird’s monthly release channel. Those builds aren’t the ones on the front page of the website so aren’t nearly as widely used — just 0.27% of installations per Thunderbird’s own metrics.
A week later:
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Thunderbird ☛ Mozilla Thunderbird: Thunderbird Desktop Release Channel Will Become Default in March 2025
We have an exciting announcement! Starting with the 135.0 release in March 2025, the Thunderbird Desktop Release channel will be the default download.
If you’re not already familiar with the Release channel, it will be a supported alternative to the ESR channel. It will provide monthly major releases instead of annual major releases. This provides several benefits to our users: [...]
Linuxiac:
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Thunderbird Shifts to Monthly Major Releases
Corey Bryant, Release Operations Manager at Mozilla Thunderbird, announced big changes for the most popular open-source mail client. Starting with version 136.0, scheduled for release in early March 2025, its Desktop Release channel will become the default download option.
To make things clearer, let me explain right away. If you visit its downloads page, you’ll see that Thunderbird distributes its software through four different channels...