NFN Smith wrote:
Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:
Looking at https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/#old_unofficial
I'd say things are not as bad as they look. The releases after 2.39
were: 2.40, 2.46, 2.48, 2.49.x and 2.53.x.
Lemuel Johnson points out that the current release notes suggest
installing 2.49.5 first and then upgrading, none of the levels between
2.39 and 2.49.5 made any such recommendation.
I concur that doing 2.49.5 as an intermediary is something that you want
to do.
Can we assume she did not have a master password set?
As a general thing, before upgrading, make sure you get a backup of your
user profile. In Windows, the fastest way of doing that is copying the
contents of %APPDATA%\Seamonkey to another location.
2.39 was only available as a 32-bit version, 2.49.5 was the very first
level which also came as a 64-bit version (talking Windows here). In
order to move from a 32-bit to a 64-bit version you will need to
uninstall the old one and then install the new one. This does not
hurt the profile. (I'm assuming a 64-bit Windows 8).
If moving from 32 to 64, you definitely want to uninstall the 32 bit
version first. 32 and 64 install to different directories (\Program
Files (x86) and \Program Files, respectively), and it is possible to
have both versions installed simultaneously, which you don't want. An
uninstall will give you the option of keeping your existing profile,
which you do want.
One other caution -- as with Firefox, Seamonkey profiles are now no
longer backward compatible. Firefox started doing that at around
version 55. I forget where Seamonkey started doing that -- perhaps with
2.53. Thus, if a profile has been touched by a newer version of
Seamonkey, you can't downgrade to an older version without risk of data
loss. Thus, it's always good to get a backup of your profile before
upgrading (even 2.53.5 to 2.53.6), just in case.
Smith
If you look at the "Lightning/Calendar in SM 2.53.6" thread you will see
someone - Daniel - who shares a profile between 2.49.1 and 2.53.6.
Not something I'd ever want to do, but it shows that it is theoretically
(and practically) possible. BUT NOT IF YOU HAVE A MASTER PASSWORD.
He's also having problems with Lightning.
The upgrade instructions say that you can't fall back from a 2.53.x to a
2.49.x but Daniel is doing just that, regularly. No way am I going to
try it.
--
spammo ergo sum, viruses courtesy of https://www.nsa.gov/malware/
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