FS#53061 - [thunderbird] display bug, minimize to tray stopped working

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by john do (djipey) - Thursday, 23 February 2017, 09:53 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 23 February 2017, 12:41 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Upgrading Thunderbird to version 45.7.1-2 causes a bug display (see screenshots), and extension "minimize to tray revived" stopped working (meaning thunderbird is not reduced in the tray on closing anymore).

I removed all sensitive data from the screenshots (email addresses are redacted in white, this is not a bug).

45.7.1-1 works fine.

Additional info:
* regression: 45.7.1-1 -> 45.7.1-2

Steps to reproduce:

Upgrade Thunderbird 45.7.1-1 -> 45.7.1-2. Upgrade is from 2017-02-21 (normal repositories).
   old.jpg (132.5 KiB)
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 12:41 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 23 February 2017, 11:20 GMT
I don't see any display bugs in your screenshot. There will always be differences between gtk2 and gtk3 because themes are not 100% consistent across toolkits.

As for the extension, it's an extension containing native libraries linking against GTK2. GTK2 and GTK3 cannot mix in the same process, using it will crash thunderbird. This is something that has to be fixed in the extension. Looking at it, it also claims support for recent versions of firefox, which has the same problem since several versions.
Comment by john do (djipey) - Thursday, 23 February 2017, 12:22 GMT
I agree the extension problem has to be fixed by the extension.

But did you see the difference between old.jpg and new.jpg ? I didn't change my DE's theme, and I didn't change Thunderbird's theme either (I use the default theme).
So why is there such a difference between two minor versions of Thunderbird ?
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 23 February 2017, 12:41 GMT
Thunderbird 45.7.1-1 was built with gtk2, thunderbird 45.7.1-2 is built with gtk3. Not every theme is 100% identical between GTK2 and GTK3.

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