Hello Mathieu,

On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:34:26AM -0400, Mathieu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any update on this bug?

Depends on the definition uf update. ;)
We ware working on various build errors that happened with the last
upload of 24.0~b3.
https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=icedove&suite=experimental
This issues are more or less are interacting with this bug.
We are on the way to upload a first version of the comming 24.0.x, look
into the git repository to see what have changend in the between times
since the upload of the ~b3.

> Is the Slackware solution
> acceptable, and can we expect to see it coming in Icedove in the
> coming days? In the meanwhile, is there any workaround, or are we
> better off using mainstream Thunderbird?

The upload of the 24.0~b3 package are on purpose uploaded to the
experimental repository so I think it's naturaly that something may
broken.
The workaround is simple, the build has to be fixed. But minded, we are
doing this in our free time.

> This bug is pretty annoying and affects a really useful piece of
> software (i.e. calendar) that some people (at least me!) rely on
> daily. I'd be happy to provide any additional information if
> necessary.

If you can provide a patch or a preparation of that we would be happy.
The wiki is providing some infos how to do that.
https://wiki.debian.org/Icedove#Icedove_Package_Development

Regards
Carsten


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