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Bug 1602735 - Addendum to update and complete release notes. r=IanN

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<div class="key-point">
<p>
<font size="+2" color="#ff0000"><b>Automatic upgrades from previous versions
are, for most configurations, disabled for this release. Please download the
full installer from the downloads section and install SeaMonkey 2.53.1 Beta 1
manually over the previous version.</b></font>
are disabled for this release. Please download the full installer from the
downloads section and install SeaMonkey 2.53.1 Beta 1 manually over the
previous version.
</b></font>
</p>
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</p>
<p><font size="+2" color="#ff0000"><b>This version makes changes to your profile
that can't be reverted in case you want to go back to a previous version of
SeaMonkey. You MUST absolutely do a full backup of your profile
<p><font size="+2" color="#ff0000"><b>This version makes changes to your
profile that can't be reverted in case you want to go back to a previous
version of SeaMonkey. You MUST absolutely do a full backup of your profile
before trying SeaMonkey 2.53.1 Beta 1.</b></font>
</p>
</div>
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successful upgrade, don't forget to manually remove the files key3.db and cert8.db
in your profile afterwards, as they include credentials and passwords no longer
protected by a master password. You can find the path to your profile folder
entering the special <b>about:support</b> URL in a SeaMonkey browser window.
entering the special <b>about:support</b> URL in a SeaMonkey browser window.
<br>You can remove you master password by providing an empty password in the
"Change Master Password" dialog. <b>Do not use the "Reset Password" function.
You will loose all stored passwords this way.</b>
</p>
</div>
<div class="key-point">
<p>
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</p>
</div>
<div class="key-point">
<p>
For [% rnote.basename %], the following extensions which were omitted from
previous releases are again included.
For [% rnote.basename %], the following extensions are included.
<ul>
<li>ChatZilla</li>
<li>DOM Inspector</li>
<li>Lightning</li>
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<ul>
<li>ChatZilla</li>
<li>DOM Inspector</li>
<li>Lightning</li>
<li>SeaMonkey Debug and QA UI</li>
</ul>
</p>
</div>
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<ul>
<li>The Bookmarks Manager has switched its name to Library, and now also
includes the History list. When invoking History Window, the Library will
be shown with the History list selected. This is due to changes in
underlying version of Gecko platform.
includes the History list. When invoking History, the Library will be shown
with the History list selected. The extensive modifications were needed
because of Mozilla Gecko platform API changes.
</li>
<li>Download Manager has been migrated to a new API. Although it looks pretty
much the same as before, the search option is missing and some other minor
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</li>
<li>Download Manager has been migrated to a new API. Although it looks pretty
much the same as before, the search option is missing and some other minor
details work differently.
</li>
<li>Multimedia content opened in background tabs will not play until the tab
is selected.
details work differently. The previous downloads history is removed during
the upgrade.
</li>
<li>Added Layout panel to CSS Grid tools.
</li>
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specific changes and security fixes in this release.
</p>
<p>
Additional security fixes up to ESR [% changes.sec.tm %] and a few enhancements have been backported.
Additional important security fixes up to Current Firefox 72 and a few
enhancements have been backported. We will continue to enhance SeaMonkey
security in subsequent 2.53 beta and release versions as as fast as we are
able to.
</p>
<h3>SeaMonkey-specific changes</h3>
<ul>
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backported fixes from Thunderbird for the EFAIL security vulnerability.
</li>
<li>SeaMonkey now uses gtk3 on Linux. If you experience a problem because of
this please file a bug and link it to
<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367257">Switch Linux builds to GTK3 with SeaMonkey 2.49</a>.
Pleae try another OS theme first. Some of them are buggy and cause problems
with SeaMonkey, Thunderbird and Firefox.
this please file a bug and link it to
<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1367257">Switch Linux
builds to GTK3 with SeaMonkey 2.49</a>. Please try another OS theme first.
Some of them are buggy and cause problems with SeaMonkey, Thunderbird and
Firefox.
</li>
</ul>
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In order to upgrade from such an old version, install the last SeaMonkey 2.0
release first, do the one-time profile upgrade, uninstall SeaMonkey 2.0 and
then install your target release (e.g. this one).<br>
<b>If you are on an older release we suggest upgrading to SeaMonkey 2.49.5
first</b>
You can find more details about installation, profile data and uninstallation
in our <a href="../../doc/install-and-uninstall">install and uninstall</a>
document.
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<a href="https://addons.thunderbird.net/seamonkey/">SeaMonkey Add-Ons</a> website
or the &quot;Get Add-Ons&quot; section in the Add-ons Manager.</p>
<p>
Extensions wit binary components such as Enigmail only work for the specific
Extensions with binary components such as Enigmail only work for the specific
platform they are released (e.g. win extension for Windows, linux64 for Linux
64 bits). Besides, matching version of extensions for SeaMonkey may not be the
latest available of those versions. Therefore, they need to be adjusted for
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Enigmail</a> but there have been some problems reported against it.
</li>
<li>AddBlock Plus 2.91 may cause huge memory and CPU consumption and is not
recommended in this SeaMonkey version.
recommended or officially supported in this SeaMonkey version.
</li>
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</li>
<li>The latest working version of uBlock can be found
<a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases">here</a>.
<li>The latest 1.16.x working version of uBlock can be found
<a href="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy/releases">here</a>.
Please install the latest legacy version.
</li>
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</li>
<li>The latest working version of NoScript Classic can be found
<a href="https://noscript.net/getit">here</a>.
<li>The latest working version of NoScript Classic 5.x can be found
<a href="https://noscript.net/getit">here</a>.
</li>
<li>Dictionaries in WebExtension formats do <b>not</b> work, even though
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</li>
<li>Dictionaries in WebExtension formats do <b>not</b> work, even though
they appear to install correctly.
they appear to install correctly. Support for them will be added at a
later date. Please install the latest classic version from the dictionary
history.
</li>
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</li>
<li>Lightweight themes are no longer provided in SeaMonkey Add-ons site.
<li>Lightweight themes are no longer provided on the SeaMonkey Add-ons site.
</li>
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</li>
<li>Full themes add-ons may need some refreshment due to minor UI changes.
If you find any problem with themes, contact the theme author.
<li>Full theme add-ons may need changes because of user interface and internal
changes. If you find any problem with themes, contact the theme author.
Before reporting a problem with the user interface please make sure to recreate
it with either the Classic or Modern theme.
</li>
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</li>
<li> Because of security backports which removed obsolete code the
Session Manager 0.8.13 add-on needs a minor fix to be compatible with
current and future 2.53 releases. Replace nsIJSXMLHttpRequest with
nsIXMLHttpRequest in "packages\overlay.js" line 46.
</ul>
<h2 id="issues">Known Issues</h2>
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For newer distributions you probably need the Linux x64 version.
</li>
<li>SeaMonkey will crash on startup or suddenly with macOS 10.15.
The general issue is tracked in
<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1556734">bug 1556734</a>
</li>
<li>Previous versions of Language Packs should be removed or disabled
otherwise XML errors will be shown instead of parts of the application.
</li>
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because this component is also used for managing cookies, site preferences
permissions and other settings.
</li>
<li>If you are running Windows 7 or lower "Send to > Mail recipient" might
not work. The problem was originally reported against Thunderbird 52 and
is tracked in
<li>If you are running Windows 7 "Send to > Mail recipient" might not work.
The problem was originally reported against Thunderbird 52 and is tracked in
<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1356902">bug 1356902</a>.
As a workaround install the "Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 to 2019"
redistributable runtime library. For x86 install the
<a href="https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe">VS2019 x86 runtime</a>.
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<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1356902">bug 1356902</a>.
As a workaround install the "Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 to 2019"
redistributable runtime library. For x86 install the
<a href="https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe">VS2019 x86 runtime</a>.
The x86 runtime can be installed on any Windows version starting with
Windows XP SP3.
<br>If you are using the x64 build install the
<a href="https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe">VS2019 x64 runtime</a>.
SeaMonkey was built using the latest VS2019 compiler so make sure to
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<li>You cannot set up a new Sync account or pair a device anymore (<a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=998807">bug 998807</a>).
</li>
<li><strong>Data loss warning:</strong> If you use a profile with this or any later
version and then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.49 or earlier, SeaMonkey will rename
your history file to places.sqlite.corrupt and create a new places.sqlite
file, effectively resetting your browsing history. This is because the
internal format changed and the upgrade process only works in one direction.
<li><strong>Data loss warning:</strong> If you use a profile with this or
any later version and then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.49 or earlier,
SeaMonkey will rename your bookmarks and history file to
places.sqlite.corrupt and create a new places.sqlite file, effectively
resetting your browsing history. This is because the internal format
changed and the upgrade process only works in one direction.
Additionally, running MailNews with local folders and POP3 mail filters may
produce summary files that are not correctly read by previous versions of
SeaMonkey. If you decide to go back to a previous version of SeaMonkey, you
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Additionally, running MailNews with local folders and POP3 mail filters may
produce summary files that are not correctly read by previous versions of
SeaMonkey. If you decide to go back to a previous version of SeaMonkey, you
should delete the .msf files for your local folders and POP3 accounts or
repair the folders using the folder properties dialog in order to avoid
potential data loss.
should do it from a profile backup only.
</li>
<li>After creating a news account through clicking a news URL, the MailNews
account wizard may be broken (the account type will always be News). To
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<li>If you try to start SeaMonkey using a locked profile, it will crash (see <a
href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573369">bug 573369</a>).
</li>
<li>macOS and Windows: Citrix Receiver no longer works. As a workaround,
mark the plugin as <em>Always Enable</em> in the Add-ons Manager (see
<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1025627">bug 1025627</a>).
</li>
<li>Windows:
<ul>
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<li>Windows:
<ul>
<li>Norton/Symantec antivirus scanners may report that some parts of
SeaMonkey (e.g. the file freebl3.dll) are suspicious. If you downloaded
SeaMonkey from one of the official download sites, this is a false
alarm. You might experience problems with secure websites when this
happens. To fix the issue, instruct your antivirus software to
ignore these files (and move them out of quarantine) and/or switch
to another antivirus software and reinstall SeaMonkey.
<li>Antivirus scanners may report that some parts of SeaMonkey (e.g. the
file freebl3.dll) are suspicious. If you downloaded SeaMonkey from one
of the official download sites, this is a false alarm. You might
experience problems with secure websites when this happens. To fix the
issue, instruct your antivirus software to ignore these files (and move
them out of quarantine) and/or switch to another antivirus software and
reinstall SeaMonkey.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
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SeaMonkey-specific source is in the "suite" directory. Please follow the
<a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation">build
instructions</a>.
We will provide source code for 2.53.1 and future releases on
<a href="https://gitlab.com/seamonkey-project">gitlab</a>.
</dd>
</dt>
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&quot;browser.toolbars.grippyhidden&quot; to &quot;true&quot;.
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>Is a zoom indicator available?
<dd>
Setting the preference &quot;browser.zoom.showZoomStatusPanel&quot; to
&quot;true&quot; will show a simple zoom control in the status bar.
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</div>
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[%- rnote.relativeto.stable.name = "SeaMonkey 2.49.5" -%]
[%- changes.sm.ver = "253" -%]
[%- changes.sm.tm = "2.53"-%]
[%- changes.tb.ver = "52" -%]
[%- changes.tb.tm = "52.9.1" -%]
[%- changes.fx.ver = "56" -%]
[%- changes.fx.tm = "56.0" -%]
[%- changes.tb.ver = "60" -%]
[%- changes.tb.tm = "60.3" -%]
[%- changes.fx.ver = "60.3" -%]
[%- changes.fx.tm = "60.3" -%]
[%- changes.sec.tm = "60.3" -%]
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