Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Suggestion: .gnuzilla/icecat/ instead of .mozilla/icecat/

[David Hedlund]

Merged to https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50941


On 2016-06-15 19:27, Narcis Garcia wrote:
> There are GNU/Linux distributions that allow to install Mozilla Firefox
> AND Gnuzilla Icecat as different applications. This scenario makes sense
> to have different paths for user's profile, same as makes sense to have
> different paths for software in the system.
>
>
> El 15/06/16 a les 18:54, Daniel Quintiliani ha escrit:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think it's a better idea to keep all the Mozilla-based products' profiles in 
> > the same predictable place. Thunderbird, Tor Browser Bundle, etc.
> >
> > BTW, any new info on the v45 security issues vs the cookie prompt? Were we 
> > going to backport the security updates to v38, or move forward to v45 like TBB 
> > has, possibly including one of the add-ons Mozilla recommended?
> >
> > Personally I can't imagine using a cookie prompt for each site (plus every 
> > banner ad and invisible GIF?) and always found it better to clean cookies on 
> > shutdown, and have done so pretty much all my life. I wouldn't mind sacrificing 
> > such a feature in exchange for fixing security issues now and more easily in 
> > the future.
> >
> > --
> >
> > -Dan Q
> >
> > On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:07:34 +0300, Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic <address@hidden> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm impressed with the new GNU IceCat maintained by Ruben.
> > >
> > > However, I would love to see the profiles stored under .gnuzilla/icecat/
> > > instead of the current path .mozilla/icecat/.
> > >
> > > Is there a technical reason why this shouldn't be possible? I'm thinking
> > > maybe backward compatibility?
> > >
> > > Please let me know.
> > > Tiberiu
> > >
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