gContactSync 0.3 - Thunderbird 3 & Seamonkey 2 only? UPDATE: No

[Josh Geenen]

gContactSync 0.2 works on all modern versions of Thunderbird ranging from 2.0.0.8 to 3.0b3pre and 3.1a1pre despite several changes (improvements) in the interfaces that let it interact with the address book.  This flexibility comes at a cost, however.  The constant version checks probably have a slight impact on performance and a definite increase in code size and complexity.  I also have to test it in 4 applications on two operating systems: Thunderbird 2, Thunderbird 3, Thunderbird 3.1, and Seamonkey 2.

I guarantee that 0.3 won't be ready for over a month since there will be significant changes.  By then Thunderbird 3 should be even more stable and feature-packed than it is now.

So my question to all of you is, when are you planning on switching to Thunderbird 3 if you haven't already?  If 0.3 is released in August with support for just Thunderbird 3 will you continue to use 0.2?

I will eventually drop support for TB 2 but I could wait until gContactSync 0.4 instead.

Please let me know either way.

[bblackmoor]

I will upgrade to Thunderbird 3 when Thunderbird 3 is released.

[LaPogne]

In my work i suggest thunderbird as a client email solution.
And, all the people who had followed my advice and have a working client, won't change to thunderbird 3.
I suggest you to continue support the version 2.

[christianj]

My issue with thunderbird 3 is that most of my add ons do not support it yet. I would be unwilling to move across until the majority of them do as such would rather run in tb 2.

Thanks

Chrisitan

[Josh Geenen]

Version 0.3 will support Thunderbird 2, but doing so will push back the major account settings changes to version 0.4 for several reasons.

I am fairly certain that I will drop support for Thunderbird 2 for version 0.4 coming sometime after this fall.  The differences are too great and supporting TB 2 is hurting performance and holding back new features.  Hopefully most other extensions will support TB 3 by that time.

[tanstaafl]

I think that is a very reasonable plan...

Thanks Josh!