Please make QuickText available on Thunderbird trunk/daily builds (Tb 116,0a1)

[PeterLairo]

I love and depend on your great add-on QuickText. I also couldn't wait to try out Thunderbird's new UI, so I installed the Daily/Trunk version.

On 24 May 2023 you thankfully made QuickText compatible with the trunk/daily builds Tb 115,0a1 (see #347).

For some reason, Thunderbird recently increased its trunk/daily version number from 115 to 116 (mine now is "116.0a1 (2023-06-26) (64-bit)"). Unfortunately, that made QuickText impossible to install.

Could you please make QuickText available on the current 116.0a1 Daily/Trunk releases... again?

Perhaps just create an unofficial unsupported test version with the max. Tb-version bumped up to 116.0aX. :-)

Thank you!

[jobisoft]

I currently do not have the resources to support Beta/Daily.

[PeterLairo]

I currently do not have the resources to support Beta/Daily.

Hi @jobisoft

I totally understand. No support needed.

I'm just asking for a copy of the current version of QuickText that merely has its max-version bumped up to whatever the current trunk version is.

If it works, great! If it doesn't, or even causes Thunderbird to crash and burn, just put a simple disclaimer by the download button (e.g. "Caution: Using this unsupported and experimental version of QuickText might cause Thunderbird to stop working. It might even cause the loss of your data."). As a Tb trunk user/tester, I (and likely many trunk users) am more than willing to live with that risk in order to be able to use your awesome add-on. ;-)

Either way, I thank you for this great add-on!

Sincerely,
Peter Lairo

[jobisoft]

Oh, you can do that on your own. Just take the most recent version (the xpi file) rename it to *.zip, unpack it, change the value, pack it again and rename it to *.xpi again. I will not do that to not at all give the impression I have tested it.

[PeterLairo]

Oh, you can do that on your own. Just take [...]

Thanks you for taking the time to tell me how to change the max-version on my own. I also thank you for providing the most clear, comprehensive, and concise instructions I've seen in a very long time. Awesome!

[jobisoft]

You may have seen #371, which will fix the root cause of this issue.

[SamuelPlentz]

I added a small information and instruction in the wiki here:
https://github.com/jobisoft/quicktext/wiki/Support-Thunderbird-beta-or-daily-channel%3F