Lightning disabled?

[cabriolet2]

Thunderbird is offering an update from version 45.8.0 to 52.0.1 but says it will disable the calendar extension.

So is Lightning dead?

[tanstaafl]

No. That type of build problem occasionally happens. Sometimes what you need to do is uninstall the existing version of Lightning and get the latest from the Mozilla add-ons web site. I didn't notice anything about it in the release notes or whats new.

A quick search found https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=224903&p=2 which states "52.0-2 is still built without the calendar feature but it now works with the Lightning add-on 5.4b4, which 52.0-1 did not." and "Just removed the latest stable release of Lightening, upgraded to 52.0-2. Following the upgrade installed lightening 5.4b4 and the calendar is back in operation." They're referring to a archLinux package so its possible 52.0-2 is equivalent to 52.0.1 from Mozilla.

Personally, I stick with the less popular ReminderFox add-on instead since my needs are simple and its a mature add-on that is unaffected by these type of build problems.

[WaltS48]

No, it indicates it will be disabled, then when 45.8.0 updates, Lightning updates with it.

At least it did, when I did update testing of 45.8.0 to the 52.0 and 52.0.1 release candidates.

[cabriolet2]

Thank you, it updated and the calendar extension is still there. I love Thunderbird.