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Thunderbird:Dev

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Contents 1 Getting Involved 2 Introduction to Thunderbird code 2.1 Code Architecture 2.1.1 Current situation 2.1.2 Future 2.1.3 Module Owners 2.1.4 Review Rules 3 Build 4 Debugging 5 Miscellaneous

Getting Involved [edit]

You can contribute to Thunderbird by:

• Spreading Thunderbird
• QA Testing - Test Thunderbird code.
• Extension development
• Writing a patch for Thunderbird.

Introduction to Thunderbird code [edit]

Code Architecture [edit]

Current situation [edit]

Thunderbird code resides in "mozilla/mail", "mozilla/mailnews", "mozilla/toolkit", and "mozilla/chrome" directories.

• Code layout
• LDAP situation

Future [edit]

• Possible address book improvements
• Menu ideas
• Removal of RDF
• Removal of Mork - See bug 11050 and bug 382876.
• Shutdown service
• Supported authentication methods
• UI reduction

Module Owners [edit]

The current module owners and peers of Thunderbird are found here.

Review Rules [edit]

TBD - See this page for an example.

Build [edit]

Debugging [edit]

Miscellaneous [edit]

If you need assistance in developing Thunderbird, feel free to head to the following IRC channels in irc.mozilla.org for discussion, or post in the Thunderbird development newsgroup.

• #developers, #maildev - Thunderbird developers usually hang out on both channels.
• Newsgroup - mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird