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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/10/19 18:20, Richard LEGER wrote:<br>
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The author of DL posted on their list:<br>
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"I'm still supporting the DL server though, the command line
client as<br>
well as the "wx" windows GUI. I'm lagging in terms of
available time,<br>
but I'm actively using DL for a variety of reasons, so
that's not going<br>
away."
He has confirmed that to us privately as well.
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<div>Your best way forward would be to get DL Provider for
Thunderbird add-on converted to a webextension as suggested
by TB Team so you can upgrade to more recent version of
Thunderbird and future ones... just from a security point of
view that would be advised at some point.</div>
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I am not sure that you have read my previous posts on the subject
have you?<br>
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<div>Maybe ask lead developer of the add-on what would it take
to migrate it to a mailextension (webextension for
Thunderbird) to make it compatible with recent version of TB
(e.g 60.8 at the least which is should still be compatible
with legacy add-on in theory) and later for the future? </div>
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Now I know you have not read any previous messages in the subject.<br>
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Been there done that. As per my previous messages.<br>
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Simply, he can't for several genuine reasons and, as I have
mentioned before, he has apologised to us personally for this, but
can't change the circumstances.<br>
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And regarding the rest of your comments, thank you, but if you had
read my preceding comments you could have saved yourself a lot of
time as I have answered them already.<br>
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So that no one else wastes any more time telling me to contact the
dev, fork code, or whatever:<br>
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The dev started to try and modify the plugin for 60 but there were a
number of issues - some bits of the API were not finished at that
moment in time (as far as I remember)<br>
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Lots of time was spent on a couple of TB bugs trying to resolve this
(see other posts and bug tracker)<br>
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Dev realised that he was going to have to rewrite AGAIN for 68 (and
I won't regale you with his assessment of the Filelink API code....
but suffice to say he is less than impressed)<br>
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Devs work colleagues dumped TB and moved on to another mail client
due to the lack of progress<br>
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Dev hoped he would have time to work on the plugin and get it done
for 60<br>
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Due to changing situations at work he was unable to do so. He could
use DL on the command line and with the widget for himself so did
not have a pressing need to work on the TB plugin<br>
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We spoke to him directly (he contacted us) about paying for it to be
upgraded but for personal reasons he can't ( he did explain why but
I am not prepared to divulge here)<br>
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TL;DR<br>
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Dev can't update the plugin<br>
We offered to pay the dev to update it but he can't<br>
We have tried to look for other devs to pay to update it, but can't
find one as yet.<br>
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We had been intending to assist in the core code as well... but
currently fence sitting on that.<br>
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<div>That may be the best way forward, what is blocking you?</div>
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<div>It doesn't matter if the core code works perfectly if we can't
use the plugin.<br>
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We are not going to spend time working on it if we aren't using TB
and the plugin. <br>
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Just economic reality.<br>
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