Thunderbird 1.5.0.x (for code off the MOZILLA_1_8_0_BRANCH) will be released from the Gecko 1.8 branch, but will only contain stability and security updates. 1.5 users should update if bugs prevalent in 1.5 are fixed in these new versions.
Major bugfixes:
- Fixed: 321791 - mailViews.dat should be in mail.xpi
- Fixed: 299343 - Can’t copy and paste into the beginning of a line
- Fixed: 307052 - Spellchecker doesn’t display suggestion list for misspelled words if Russian Spell dictionary is installed
- Fixed: 312008 - RSS feeds stop loading after connection errors
- Fixed: 320185 - It’s impossible to delete or detach attachment via File Menu
- Fixed: 320818 - broken parsing on CDATA sections
Sun-specific:
- Fixed: 312154 - Start script does not take care of running instance
Other fixes:
- Fixed: 315600 - Hangs while validating feed (rdf)
- Fixed: 320967 - ‘content:encoded’ field ignored in RSS2 feed parsing
Outstanding bugs:
- Since 22 Aug 04: 256510 - Return receipts don’t use Multiple identities
- Since 02 Jan 06: 322172 - bump copyright year to 2006
Edit: The fixes and bugs listed above are applicable to both 1.5.0.x and 2.x releases, as 1.8.0.x has not yet been created off the 1.8.x branch.
Official
Windows, Official
Windows installer, Official
Windows MSI (discussion
on 2006-01-16 builds)
