Author: andy
Date: 2012-03-14 15:29:26 -0600 (Wed, 14 Mar 2012)
New Revision: 9703
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/xsoft/other/thunderbird.xml
Log:
thunderbird-11.0
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2012-03-14 20:17:43 UTC (rev 9702)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2012-03-14 21:29:26 UTC (rev 9703)
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@
<!ENTITY pan-version "0.133">
<!ENTITY pidgin-version "2.10.0">
<!ENTITY rox-filer-version "2.10">
-<!ENTITY thunderbird-version "10.0.2">
+<!ENTITY thunderbird-version "11.0">
<!ENTITY xchat-version "2.8.8">
<!-- Part XI -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2012-03-14 20:17:43 UTC
(rev 9702)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2012-03-14 21:29:26 UTC
(rev 9703)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>[rthomsen] - added okular 4.8.1.</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[rthomsen] - upgrade to kdeartwork 4.8.1.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>[abenton] - Firefox/Xulrunner 11.0.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[abenton] - Thunderbird 11.0.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/other/thunderbird.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/other/thunderbird.xml 2012-03-14 20:17:43 UTC (rev
9702)
+++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/other/thunderbird.xml 2012-03-14 21:29:26 UTC (rev
9703)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
"http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2";>
<!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp
"ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2";>
- <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "624bef982d7ac610b1175737d9905150">
- <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "93 MB">
+ <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "1d7127a3282e62d95eb9b59d47291b70">
+ <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "97 MB">
<!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "3 GB (46 MB installed)">
<!ENTITY thunderbird-time "26 SBU">
@@ -32,73 +32,103 @@
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Thunderbird</title>
- <para><application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news
- client based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.</para>
+ <para>
+ <application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news client
+ based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase.
+ </para>
&lfs71_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
- <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/></para>
+ <para>
+ Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/>
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/></para>
+ <para>
+ Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/>
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;</para>
+ <para>
+ Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download size: &thunderbird-size;</para>
+ <para>
+ Download size: &thunderbird-size;
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;</para>
+ <para>
+ Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;</para>
+ <para>
+ Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;
+ </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Thunderbird Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
- <para role="required"><xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>, <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
- <xref linkend="zip"/> and <xref linkend="unzip"/></para>
+ <para role="required">
+ <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
+ <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
+ <xref linkend="zip"/> and
+ <xref linkend="unzip"/>
+ </para>
- <para>Note: <application>libjpeg</application> and
- <application>libpng</application> (patched for apng support) should have
- been installed before <application>gdk-pixbuf</application> and should
- exist on your system. If for some strange reason you haven't installed
- them, you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> and
- <option>--with-system-png</option> options from the
- <filename>mozconfig</filename> file created below.</para>
+ <para>
+ Note: <application>libjpeg</application> and
+ <application>libpng</application> (patched for apng support) should have
+ been installed before <application>gdk-pixbuf</application> and should
+ exist on your system. If for some strange reason you haven't installed
+ them, you should remove the <option>--with-system-jpeg</option> and
+ <option>--with-system-png</option> options from the
+ <filename>mozconfig</filename> file created below.
+ </para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
- <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and
- <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/> (for gnome integration),
- <xref linkend="libnotify"/>, <xref linkend="nss"/>, <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
- <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
- <xref linkend="yasm"/> (or <xref linkend="libvpx"/>),
- <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/";>Hunspell</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://libevent.org/";>Libevent</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/";>Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
- the jemalloc code), and <xref linkend="wget"/></para>
+ <para role="optional">
+ <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
+ <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
+ <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>
+ (for integration with the old version of
<application>Gnome</application>),
+ <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
+ <xref linkend="nss"/>,
+ <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
+ <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
+ <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
+ <xref linkend="yasm"/> (or <xref linkend="libvpx"/>),
+ <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/";>Hunspell</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://libevent.org/";>Libevent</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/";>Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
+ the jemalloc code) and
+ <xref linkend="wget"/>
+ </para>
- <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
- <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/></para>
+ <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
+ User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/>
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
- <para>The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
- accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
- the desired configuration options. A default <filename>mozconfig</filename>
- is created below. To see the entire list of available configuration options
- (and an abbreviated description of each one), issue
- <command>./configure --help</command>. Create the file by issuing the
- following command:</para>
+ <para>
+ The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
+ accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
+ the desired configuration options. A default
+ <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list
of
+ available configuration options (and a brief description of each), issue
+ <command>./configure --help</command>. Create the file with the following
+ command:
+ </para>
<screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
# If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by running
@@ -143,19 +173,24 @@
ac_add_options --disable-tests
EOF</userinput></screen>
- <para>Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by issuing the
- following commands:</para>
+ <para>
+ Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by issuing the following
+ commands:
+ </para>
<screen><userinput>sed -i
's#VPX_CODEC_USE_INPUT_PARTITION#VPX_CODEC_USE_INPUT_FRAGMENTS#' \
mozilla/configure &&
make -f client.mk &&
make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</userinput></screen>
- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+ <para>
+ This package does not come with a test suite.
+ </para>
- <para>Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the
- following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
- user:</para>
+ <para>
+ Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
+ commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ </para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p
/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; &&
tar xf thunderbuild/mozilla/dist/thunderbird-*.tar.bz2 -C
/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; --strip-components=1 &&
@@ -165,31 +200,38 @@
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
- <para><command>sed -i 's#VPX_CODEC_USE ...</command>: This fixes
- mozilla's <command>configure</command> script to properly detect
- libvpx-v1.0.0. This sed is not needed if you have libvpx-v0.9.7 or earlier
- installed or if you've not installed <xref linkend="libvpx"/>.</para>
+ <para>
+ <command>sed -i 's#VPX_CODEC_USE_INPUT_PARTITION ...</command>: This
fixes
+ mozilla's <command>configure</command> script to properly detect
+ <xref linkend="libvpx"/>. This sed is not needed if you have
libvpx-v0.9.7
+ or earlier installed or if you've not installed
+ <application>Libvpx</application>.
+ </para>
- <para><command>make -f client.mk</command>: Mozilla products are packaged
- to allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
- configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
- <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename>
- file to get initial configuration and setup parameters.</para>
+ <para>
+ <command>make -f client.mk</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
+ allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
+ configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
+ <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
+ get initial configuration and setup parameters.
+ </para>
- <para><command>make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</command>: this runs
make
- in the <filename class="directory">thunderbuild/mail/installer</filename>
- folder. This gathers together all the parts of
- <application>Thunderbird</application> and compresses them into a
- tarball.</para>
+ <para>
+ <command>make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</command>: this runs make in
+ the <filename class="directory">thunderbuild/mail/installer</filename>
+ folder. This gathers together all the parts of
+ <application>Thunderbird</application> and compresses them into a
tarball.
+ </para>
- <para><command>tar -xfv thunderbuild/mozilla/dist ...</command>: This
- untars <application>Thunderbird</application>, the <option>-C</option>
- option uncompresses the files in
- /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;. The
- <option>--strip-components=1</option> option removes the leading
- 'thunderbird' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar
- it into a versioned directory.<!-- Running <command>make -C thunderbuild
- install</command> would install an additional 480 MB of files--></para>
+ <para>
+ <command>tar -xfv thunderbuild/mozilla/dist ...</command>: This untars
+ <application>Thunderbird</application>, the <option>-C</option> option
+ uncompresses the files in
+ <filename
class="directory">/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>.
+ The <option>--strip-components=1</option> option removes the leading
+ 'thunderbird' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar it into
a
+ versioned directory.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
@@ -197,49 +239,58 @@
<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
- <para>If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure
- a default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
- <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
- when you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
- or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
- instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the
- parameters.</para>
+ <para>
+ If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure a
+ default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
+ <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start
when
+ when you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to
check
+ or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
+ instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
+ </para>
- <para>First, open the configuration dialog by opening the
- <quote>Edit</quote> drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote>
- and then click on the <quote>Advanced</quote> icon on the top menu
- bar. Choose the <quote>General</quote> tab and click on the
- <quote>Config Editor</quote> button. This will display a list of the
- configuration preferences and information related to each one. You can
- use the <quote>Filter:</quote> bar to enter search criteria and narrow
- down the listed items. Changing a preference can be done using two
- methods. One, if the preference has a boolean value (True/False), simply
- double-click on the preference to toggle the value and two, for other
- preferences simply right-click on the desired line, choose
- <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change the value. Creating new
- preference items is accomplished in the same way, except choose
- <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the desired data into the
- fields when prompted.</para>
+ <para>
+ First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
+ drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote> and then click on the
+ <quote>Advanced</quote> icon on the top menu bar. Choose the
+ <quote>General</quote> tab and click on the <quote>Config
Editor</quote>
+ button. This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
+ information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
+ bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
+ a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has
a
+ boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
+ toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
+ the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
+ the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
+ way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
+ desired data into the fields when prompted.
+ </para>
- <para>The configuration preference item you need to check so that
- <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
- <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should
- be set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.,
- <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.</para>
+ <para>
+ The configuration preference item you need to check so that
+ <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
+ <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should
be
+ set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
+ <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
+ </para>
<tip>
- <para>There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
- customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive, but
- not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at <ulink
- url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.</para>
+ <para>
+ There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
+ customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive, but
+ not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
+ <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
+ </para>
</tip>
- <para>If you use a desktop environment like
<application>Gnome</application>
- or <application>KDE</application> you may wish to create a
- thunderbird.desktop file so that <application>Thunderbird</application>
- appears in the panel's menus. If you didn't enable
- startup-notification in your mozconfig change the StartupNotify line to
- false. As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+ <para>
+ If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
+ <application>KDE</application> you may wish to create a
+ <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> file so that
+ <application>Thunderbird</application> appears in the panel's menus. If
+ you didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
+ StartupNotify line to false. As the
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+ </para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>cat >
/usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF"
[Desktop Entry]
@@ -268,9 +319,10 @@
<seglistitem>
<seg>thunderbird</seg>
- <seg>Numerous libraries, email/newsgroups components, plugins,
- extensions, and helper modules installed in <filename
- class="directory">/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>
+ <seg>
+ Numerous libraries, email/newsgroups components, plugins, extensions,
+ and helper modules installed in <filename
+
class="directory">/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>
</seg>
<seg>/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
@@ -284,8 +336,10 @@
<varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
<term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>is <application>Mozilla</application>'s next-generation
- email and newsgroup client.</para>
+ <para>
+ is <application>Mozilla</application>'s next-generation email and
+ newsgroup client.
+ </para>
<indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
<primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
</indexterm>
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