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Building esr versions of Thunderbird addendum
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Description
The build documentation applies to comm-central.
It will probably work for comm-beta since it's relatively similar to comm-central.
Building an ESR version gets complicated the further out from its initial release. The provided tools like mach bootstrap and --enable-bootstrap don't always work. Official builds are pinned to specific compiler versions and don't really get updated unless necessary. And "bootstrap" mode is not used.
There seems to be a growing number of people rebuilding Thunderbird ESR versions for one reason or another, it would help to have some documentation that doesn't involve "use bootstrap".
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing comm-central build documentation, then compare how comm-beta and ESR builds differ from the documented mach bootstrap and --enable-bootstrap paths. Done means documenting a practical ESR build process, including the required pinned compiler versions and how to build without bootstrap mode.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100