1196907 - Make default bookmarks more configurable

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Data Providers, defect)

Description

[Allison Naaktgeboren :ally]

With the addition of kidfox, we now have two (sub)sets of bookmarks. our bookmarks java hardcodes which bookmarks entries are default where[1]. It would be much better if this were configurable.

https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/mobile/android/base/db/LocalBrowserDB.java#228

Comment 1

[:Margaret Leibovic]

Do you have any ideas about how we should do this? Could this be a mentor bug?

Comment 2

[Allison Naaktgeboren :ally]

My put would be to make default bookmarks like suggested sites, try to reduce the number of systems we have for configuring fennec. That would involve build system changes and a sizable refactor. It might be too much for even a diamond bug.

A less ambitious might be to just replace the java code with a startsWith() for default_ , restricted_ and rename entries to match that scheme. That could be a mentor-able bug.

Comment 3

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