While the 68.x series isn't the current series (78.x is), it is still officially supported, with point releases for security fixes. We are working on updating thunderbird to the 78.x series in Ubuntu, and it will be backported to 20.04 in due course.
It is fair to assume that unless it's a critical vulnerability, upstream developers won't be very interested in addressing bugs in 68.x, given that their focus is on 78.x. It wouldn't be fair to plainly reject a bug report on this basis, though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1890148 Title: Thunderbird outdated Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi, although Ubuntu/Lubuntu 20.04 is just 3 months old, thunderbird is that outdated that when I try to submit an upstream bug report to mozilla they're asking back "Are you sure you're still using version 68?" and hesitate to accept the bug report. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: thunderbird 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: hadmut 152967 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: hadmut 152967 F...m pulseaudio BuildID: 20200629235513 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: LXQt Date: Mon Aug 3 15:34:56 2020 Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ForcedLayersAccel: False IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-12 (51 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) IpRoute: default via 192.168.164.1 dev enp4s0 proto dhcp metric 100 192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1 linkdown 192.168.164.0/24 dev enp4s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.164.190 metric 100 Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing MostRecentCrashID: bp-b5174061-802f-48ad-8083-a50f70200801 PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/thunderbird/omni.ja:greprefs.js:1138 PrefSources: prefs.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=68.10.0/20200629235513 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: thunderbird Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/12/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: H61TIW08.111 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: H61H2-TI2 dmi.board.vendor: Medion dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Medion dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrH61TIW08.111:bd10/12/2012:svnMedion:pnG24:pvr1.0:rvnMedion:rnH61H2-TI2:rvr1.0:cvnMedion:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: G24 dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Medion To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1890148/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
