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Thanks for all your patience, @fdroidorg users! Thunderbird for Android is now available on F-Droid - download away!

#Thunderbird #ThunderbirdforAndroid #fdroid #OpenSource

f-droid.org/packages/net.thund

yesterday at 19:42 | Open on mastodon.online
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maruxiluan :bun_aww:

@thunderbird @fdroidorg :aplauso: πŸ‘ good news πŸŽ‰

yesterday at 19:56 | Open on tkz.one
wasserglotzer
Tinx

@wasserglotzer @thunderbird @fdroidorg there was a mixup with the metadata at F-Droid. K-9 is still there but it is labeled Thunderbird Beta. The app is still the same.

yesterday at 20:14 | Open on jit.social
aZa
Christoph Raitzig
Philippe

@thunderbird @fdroidorg should I change the source? Is there an advantage?

yesterday at 20:02 | Open on hessen.social
erAck

@thunderbird @fdroidorg

So there are now 3:

"Thunderbird Beta for Testers"
f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fs
which was K-9, now suggests and updated to TB 8.0, but latest there is 8.0b5

"Thunderbird Beta for Testers"
f-droid.org/en/packages/net.th
suggests latest 8.0b5

"Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox"
f-droid.org/en/packages/net.th
the actual release 8.0

If one used K-9 now updated to TB 8.0, will it receive updates? Or will the release have to be installed? Will all accounts have to be entered anew? Or migrated?

@thunderbird @fdroidorg

So there are now 3:

"Thunderbird Beta for Testers"
f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fs
which was K-9, now suggests and updated to TB 8.0, but latest there is 8.0b5

"Thunderbird Beta for Testers"
f-droid.org/en/packages/net.th
suggests latest 8.0b5

yesterday at 20:08 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Schlaftablette

@erAck @thunderbird @fdroidorg I was not aware that K9 is "Thunderbird Beta for Testers", uninstalled it to install the real "Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox" and now the K9 settings are gone. Thank you.

yesterday at 20:12 | Open on mastodon.online
Tinx
erAck

@tinx
Thanks. So to add to the confusion there's a release 8.0 of both, TB and K-9, and K-9 has an updated UI that looks like, well, TB, or effectively is TB ... or what?

@thunderbird @fdroidorg

yesterday at 20:20 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Tinx

@erAck @thunderbird @fdroidorg so this is the story in short off the top of my head (and apart from the recent metadata mixup):
K-9 partnered up with the Thunderbird team and the app got an overhaul. So effectively, Thunderbird for Android is K-9. However, they promised us that we K-9 users would not need to switch to TB, but if we wanted to at some point, there would be an easy way.

yesterday at 20:36 | Open on jit.social
erAck

@tinx
Right, that's what I expected, I just hope that staying on K-9 will receive (TB) updates or offer a user-friendly migration to the "real" TB.

@thunderbird @fdroidorg

yesterday at 20:44 | Open on social.tchncs.de
zaunkoenig

@erAck @tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg There is an easy migration: Update to the latest version of K9, install Thunderbird, and select "import from app" or something like this, I think it is the third option. You can then select K9 and all settings and passwords are imported.

yesterday at 20:54 | Open on mastodon.online
erAck

@zaunkoenig
I'll keep that in mind for later.. thanks.

Probably should be prominently added to the com.fsck.k9 description.

@tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg

yesterday at 21:02 | Open on social.tchncs.de
zaunkoenig

@erAck @tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg I just switched to Thunderbird, because otherwise the "write new message" button is in an ugly red. :-)

yesterday at 21:15 | Open on mastodon.online
Ditutu

@tinx @erAck @thunderbird @fdroidorg
It's probably a good idea to go to settings, backup, export settings. Just in case...

yesterday at 20:28 | Open on social.tchncs.de
erAck

@D22
Absolutely. As apps can not access other apps' data there will not be an automatic migration.

@tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg

yesterday at 20:34 | Open on social.tchncs.de
zaunkoenig

@erAck @D22 @tinx @thunderbird @fdroidorg But ... there is. You can select import from app without any backup.

yesterday at 21:03 | Open on mastodon.online
rLy

@erAck @thunderbird @fdroidorg I installed the normal Thunderbird version and imported the settings from K9 but had to enter the passwords and 2fa for the accounts itself. After that uninstalled the K9 version.

yesterday at 21:45 | Open on ohai.social
Matv1
Murdoc Addams πŸ§›πŸ»

@thunderbird @fdroidorg
How will this affect my current K-9 install? Will it replace it or is it considered separate?

yesterday at 21:16 | Open on autistics.life
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

@murdoc @fdroidorg They are separate apps, but if you decide to migrate, we have an easy process to move your settings over: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/t

yesterday at 21:49 | Open on mastodon.online
Murdoc Addams πŸ§›πŸ»

@thunderbird @fdroidorg
Thanks. That'll be handy once I'm ready to let go of dear K-9. 😒

yesterday at 21:51 | Open on autistics.life
MatΔ›j Cepl πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@thunderbird @fdroidorg

Is it normal that the icon doesn’t change when I just upgrade from K9 (everything works perfectly well otherwise, and UI is a bit better; thank you!)?

yesterday at 21:20 | Open on floss.social
Jo
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