Daily Build Thread 2007-12-05 Through 2007-12-11

[JoeS]

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Checkins This Week

[2007-12-06 15:08 -trunk ]# 361248 [Mozilla Application Suite] - Synchronize mail/ <-> mailnews/ <msgMail3PaneWindow> [All]
[2007-12-07 09:11 -trunk ]# 403256 [Core] - Make nsIAddressBook a service and keep the root rdf address book alive. [All]
[2007-12-08 03:56 -trunk ]# 406169 [Core] - Move some of nsIDBFolderInfo to ns*String and help migration to frozen linkage [All]
[2007-12-08 05:40 -trunk ]# 349437 [Toolkit] - Menulist menuitem font doesn't inherit from the parent anymore [Mac]
[2007-12-08 10:48 -trunk ]# 407487 [Core] - Drop nsIAddressBook::abCardToEscapedVCard [All]

Recent Bugs of interest

# 353205 [Thunderbird] - request way to set default to no alternate text for inserting images [Win]
# 403841 [Mozilla Application Suite] - SeaMonkey/Thunderbird crashes when sending mail [Win]

Latest Tested Builds

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b2pre) Gecko/2007121103 Thunderbird/3.0a1pre ID:2007121103]
Usability="GO FOR IT"

[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11pre) Gecko/20071129 Thunderbird/2.0.0.11pre ID:2007112904]

Current "Gotchas" for Trunk Testers

Since 2007-08-13 You will need to "select" an app to call a link.
This is stored in mimeTypes.rdf but is not editable in the TB UI [/color]
Workaround: Don't save the selection, or backup your mimetypes.rdf.[/b]

[GigMormon]

Thinking of trying a trunk build. Is there any one date which is more stable or better in any way than others?

[JoeS]

Thinking of trying a trunk build. Is there any one date which is more stable or better in any way than others?

Generally, they are very usable builds. If there is a show-stopper I try to make that clear in this thread.
However, I would reccomend that you not rely on nightly builds for important content. You can do this by using a profile dedicated to the test build, or backing up your profile for safe-keeping.

[GigMormon]

Thinking of trying a trunk build. Is there any one date which is more stable or better in any way than others?

Generally, they are very usable builds. If there is a show-stopper I try to make that clear in this thread.
However, I would reccomend that you not rely on nightly builds for important content. You can do this by using a profile dedicated to the test build, or backing up your profile for safe-keeping.

Do you consider this one a "show stopper"?

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Recent Bugs of interest

# 403841 [Mozilla Application Suite] - SeaMonkey/Thunderbird crashes when sending mail [Win]

I would think that if it crashes when sending mail, you'd make it MUCH more clear just how important this is. Or am I reading it wrong?

[JoeS]

I guess thats not at all clear. The bug is still open, but is masked by another checkin which by-passed
the crash. It's still there because it was never really fixed and has the potential to cause crashes.

Would it help if I posted a go/no go flag ?

Right now I'm running the current trunk with no problems.

[GigMormon]

Can trunk and branch use the same profile interchangeably?