Comment 18 for bug 2029913

I've been watching the situation around the outdated Thunderbird package for quite some years now, and I have to speak up as well.

It's ridiculous to have a discussion about "regressions" through recolored buttons in an otherwise fully functional mail client version, while at the same time security vulnerabilities remain unpatched for months. You guys really need to rethink your priorities! I would understand if there was a long term option to stay with familiar Thunderbird 102. But since probably nobody wants and has the time to backport security fixes every 14 days, this option doesn't exist.

Read the linked issue!

Thunderbird developer writes, "[changed color behavior, people complaining on] is a conscious decision we made to simplify our UI" and after that closes the issue as resolved/invalid.

Package maintainer calls it "quite a visible user regression and I think we will consider as a blocker to update stable series from 102 to 115".

Come on! Since this color change is quite noticeable in use, it must be assumed that it was introduced intentionally.
There are functional changes from Thunderbird 102 to 115, that not everyone may like, but the color of buttons is a matter of taste, not a "regression"!

Mail clients are software designed mainly to work with, not just to look at. I know that Ubuntu is strict about introducing regressions through updates, what is a good thing in general. But with browsers, the lesson was learned long time ago, that up-to-dateness and security takes precedence over optics, individual taste and minor (and sometimes even large) regressions.

That's how mail clients have to be treated as well.

So unless there are real regressions please stop this discussion and roll out version 115 soon!