Thunderbird and UPDATING 20170302

[Andriy Gapon]

On 02/03/2017 22:52, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I read that "After changes in the packaging of the Lightning extension, profiles
> using this extension have to be re-created".
> 
> Will this mean I should recreate the *Lightning* part of the profile (like
> removing the calendars, upgrading, then adding them back again)?
> Or does this mean I'll have to recreate the whole ThunderBird profile???
> 
> In the latter case, is there any workaround?
> 
> I'm asking before upgrading, since I have a couple of profiles with a roughly 70
> accounts in them (each with its own specific, non-standard, settings, with its
> own set of subscriptions, etc...); recreating them would be a couple of
> nightmares...

I would like to second this question.
If the upgrade means that I lose all my settings (including configurations for
all email accounts and addons) and I have to re-create them from scratch, then
that will hurt a lot.

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Andriy Gapon