On 10/27/2009 06:50 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > > Due to the reported problems, it seems a bit too problematic to update > from 1.1.18 to 2.0, now. Maybe people like me, who need to be consident > that our systems are (relatively) stable, need to wait until 2.1 is > released.
By then 1.1.18 will probably be in the Fx 2.0 and Tb 2.0 catagories. > > One thing that concerns me, is the use of the .tar.bz2 (files like that > used to be .tar.gz - the .bz2 entended extension, seems a bit different) > file, rather than a package file (like .deb), for Linux. Why? In Ubuntu all you do is download, open Nautilus, double-click the file, extract to your home folder, create a Applications link to the ~/home/seamonkey/seamonkey shell file and run. Or from a terminal: $ ~/home/seamonkey/ $ ./seamonkey or follow the install instructions: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.0/install-and-uninstall <http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.0/install-and-uninstall#install_linux> > > I run Ubuntu Linux 8.04LTS, Debian 5 Linux, See above. and Windows XP with service > packs (I believe that I have SP3, in addition to SP2, which I do know > was installed, but I am not definite about SP3), although the Win XP > should probably now be replaced with Win 7, so I think it is probably > best, for stability, to wait until if and when Seamonkey 2 (or, even > better, from the reporting of the problems, version 2.1, with all the > bugs of version 2, fixed) makes it into the package repositories for the > Linux distributions. No idea if there is a question or statement in that. > > Also, it would need to be explicitly stated, that Seamonkey v2.x would > definitely be able to be installed in parallel with an existing > installation of 1.1.x, and, be able to import settings/profiles/history > from v1.1.x, on each of the different operating systems, so that the two > could be run in parallel (parallel implementation is alsways safest, in > software development), to ensure that we do not lose data, as has been > reported as having happened with other people who have upgraded from > 1.1.18 to 2, or who have replaced 1.1.18 with 2. Or that. <snip> _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
