FS#63658 - [thunderbird] Home screen reports it's a Daily build

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Joel Teichroeb (klusark) - Wednesday, 04 September 2019, 20:48 GMT
Last edited by Levente Polyak (anthraxx) - Friday, 13 September 2019, 07:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
When I open thunderbird, the home screen displays a message: "You are using the daily version of Thunderbird, which means you get to experience the absolute newest Thunderbird - fresh out of the build system! But with great power comes great responsibility, we hope you’ll take the time to report bugs and provide feedback on your experience using the daily version and help make the next Thunderbird release as awesome as possible."

Additional info:
* package version(s)
thunderbird 68.0-1
* config and/or log files etc.
* link to upstream bug report, if any

Steps to reproduce:
Install thunderbird
Open thunderbird
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Closed by  Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Friday, 13 September 2019, 07:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  68.1.0-1
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Wednesday, 04 September 2019, 23:02 GMT
The pref mailnews.start_page.url in the source is [1] which becomes an address like [2] which is a redirect to [3].
If the channel=release is removed then the redirect is to 4 instead which matches what you are seeing.
What is mailnews.start_page.url set to on the profile with the issue?

[1] https://live.thunderbird.net/%APP%/start?locale=%LOCALE%&version=%VERSION%&channel=%CHANNEL%&os=%OS%&buildid=%APPBUILDID%
[2] https://live.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/start?locale=en-US&version=60.8.0&channel=release&os=Linux&buildid=20190714102313
[3] https://start.thunderbird.net/en-US/release/?uri=/thunderbird/start/&locale=en-US&version=60.8.0&channel=release&os=Linux&buildid=20190714102313
[4] https://start.thunderbird.net/en-US/daily/?uri=/thunderbird/start/&locale=en-US&version=60.8.0&os=Linux&buildid=20190714102313
Comment by Joel Teichroeb (klusark) - Thursday, 05 September 2019, 00:16 GMT
It's set to:
https://live.thunderbird.net/%APP%/start?locale=%LOCALE%&version=%VERSION%&channel=%CHANNEL%&os=%OS%&buildid=%APPBUILDID%
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Thursday, 05 September 2019, 00:25 GMT
What is app.update.channel set to?
Can you reproduce the issue on a new profile? You can create one by starting thunderbird from the console with `thunderbird -P`
Comment by Joel Teichroeb (klusark) - Thursday, 05 September 2019, 00:41 GMT
app.update.channel=release

Yes, on a new profile I also get the Daily channel page
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Sunday, 08 September 2019, 19:51 GMT
What is the value from Thunderbird Preferences -> Location ?
Comment by Xzorg6 (xzorg6) - Sunday, 08 September 2019, 22:22 GMT
In Preferences, the welcome page is set to :
https://live.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/start?locale=fr&version=68.0&channel=release-cck-archlinux&os=Linux&buildid=20190904015918

We can see :
channel=release-cck-archlinux

It should be :
channel=release
Comment by Joel Teichroeb (klusark) - Sunday, 08 September 2019, 22:31 GMT
I see the same thing as xzorg6
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Monday, 09 September 2019, 17:41 GMT
Inside archive usr/lib/thunderbird/omni.ja file modules/UpdateUtils.jsm (attached) line 56 appends -cck to channel.
   UpdateUtils.jsm (19.3 KiB)
Comment by Levente Polyak (anthraxx) - Friday, 13 September 2019, 00:31 GMT
So basically the reason for this is the app.partner.archlinux=archlinux setting inside /usr/lib/thunderbird/distribution/distribution.ini which then is processed by UpdateUtils.jsm to alter/append the channel
removing the app.partner.archlinux from the distribution.ini seems to do the trick

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