Question about the Thunderbird package release cycle

[logvrd]

Hi everyone,

I've been using Void Linux for almost 8 months now.
It's a very polished distribution with some really neat technical choices. I love it !

I've noticed that Thunderbird has been at version 140.8.1 in the Void repositories since March 31.

When I run:
./xbps-src update-check thunderbird

I get:
thunderbird-140.8.1 -> thunderbird-140.14.0
thunderbird-140.8.1 -> thunderbird-140.14.1
thunderbird-140.8.1 -> thunderbird-153.0.1
thunderbird-140.8.1 -> thunderbird-153.0.2
thunderbird-140.8.1 -> thunderbird-153.0.3
thunderbird-140.8.1 -> thunderbird-153.1.0

Void uses the ESR channel for Thunderbird, while the latest ESR version is 153.1.0.
The current Release version recommended by Mozilla is 154.

Is there a reason why the package hasn't been updated yet, or is an update planned ?
Is Thunderbird intentionally staying on 140.8.1 for a technical reason ?

Thanks !

[classabbyamp]

there have been some issues with building thunderbird that have prevented updates. for 140.x it was icu, for 153.x it's an issue with cross-compiling

[logvrd]

Thanks for the clarification, that's helpful to know ! Hopefully the cross-compiling issue can be worked around or fixed soon. Thanks for your work !