GNU bug report logs - #43487
icecat store names in user profiles break bundled addons

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 43487 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43487: icecat store names in user profiles break bundled addons
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:46:12 +0200

Hello Mark!

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 01:53:36PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> Agreed.  When I wrote of implementing an "automatic refresh", I meant
> something very different and much more limited than what "Refresh
> IceCat" in <about:support> does: I meant merely to refresh the embedded
> store names in the user profile to be valid again, without modifying any
> user customizations.
> 
> Additionally, if a bundled extension was not explicitly disabled by the
> user, but became nonfunctional due to this bug, I would like the
> yet-to-written new code to do what is needed to make it functional
> again.  Also, when IceCat is updated, any bundled extensions should be
> automatically updated as well.  However, any bundled extensions that the
> user explicitly disabled should stay disabled.
> 
> Does that make sense?

Definitely!

Andreas

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.