Closed Bug 127771 Opened 23 years ago Closed 23 years ago

should be able to easily share profile between windows and unix

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect)

x86
All
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 12911

People

(Reporter: michael.wardle, Assigned: ccarlen)

References

Details

Under Netscape Communicator, I could share my mail between Netscape on Windows and Netscape on Unix by simply sharing my home directory and pointing Netscape there (IIRC :-)), as the mail was stored in a simple (non-random) directory name like ~/nsmail (or H:\nsmail under Windows). There does not seem to be an easy way to accomplish such sharing under Mozilla. If my recollection is correct (i.e. it could be done in NS4), then this is a pretty major bug. If it's not, then it might just be an enhancement, but a very highly desirable one!
a) Always add a build ID in a bug report b) Please search bugzilla before you file a bug c) Please set the correct "Severity" (this is an enhancement and not a bug) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12911 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Hi Matthias. I am always willing to learn more and take on constructive feedback. a) I sometimes forget to do that, but it's hardly relevant to this bug. A field (separate from the description) for the build id would encourage bug reporters to include the build id. b) I did. Bug 12911 did not come up in my search, as the description of that bug is distinctly different from that of the one I filed. I agree that the bug you duped this as is related, but they are not the same thing. This bug includes issues like - GUI option to set (and even find) profile directory (can't find a bug for this) - Unix versus DOS pathnames (as you suggested) - probably some other stuff Reopening and setting dependencies accordingly. c) As I said in my bug report, I think this was possible in Netscape 4, and is no longer possible in Netscape 6 / Mozilla. This makes it an important bug (with keyword 4xp, I believe), rather than just some enhancement. I appreciate that duplicate bugs are annoying, but I don't have all day to search Bugzilla. I make a reasonable attempt to search for similar bugs, and if I find nothing, I file a bug.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Depends on: 12911
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Adding dependencies ("depends on" field) for the things that will need to happen for this to work as desired.
Depends on: 58647, 127779
a) feel free to file an RFE b) it's ok if you searched. Many reporter don't search before they file a bug. You need a backend (bug 12911, bug 7067) and a "import/Find" dialog in the profile Manager (bug 77925) c) It's not a bug. It's a missing feature and that's an RFE -> there's nothing left for this bug and nothing more that matches your bug description-> duping again (BTW: Only 1 issue/bug please...) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12911 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
No longer depends on: 127779
Matthias: you should have also mentioned bug 66259 and bug 22689 :-)
Verified as a dupe of bug 12911
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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