Closed Bug 1339696 Opened 9 years ago Closed 8 years ago

RFE: please move "storage" folder to AppData\local

Categories

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: Core & HTML
Version:
50 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: ToddAndMargo, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0 Build ID: 20161208153507 Steps to reproduce: Hi Guys, The "storage" folder in AppData/remote/Mozilla plays havoc on backup programs trying to prune out old backups, especially Cobain Backup trying to back up to an FTP drive (the file names with three plus signs in them have to be escaped and Cobian doesn't know how to do this). Would you please consider moving the "storage" folder to AppData/local. That way we can backup AppdData/remote/Mozilla in peace. There is nothing in the "storage" folder that needs backing up anyway. And no, you can not mack the storage folder out in Cobian do to a bug. Many thanks, -T
That should be "AppDat/Roaming" not "remote". Sorry. Stinkin' typos
Component: Untriaged → General
The websites that you access may need this data, just like e.g. cookies (which are also in the roaming bit of your profile). In enterprise/multi-computer situations, AppData/Roaming will get moved with the rest of your profile so websites continue to work and have your data. Unfortunately, I don't think that is easily reconciled with keeping the data locally only (which is what moving it to appdata/local would do). So I think this is wontfix. Bevis, can you confirm?
Component: General → DOM: IndexedDB
Flags: needinfo?(btseng)
Product: Firefox → Core
This is not an indexedDB issue but a local storage issue. Forward NI to :janv for further clarification.
Component: DOM: IndexedDB → DOM
Flags: needinfo?(btseng) → needinfo?(jvarga)
(In reply to Bevis Tseng [:bevis][:btseng] from comment #3) > This is not an indexedDB issue but a local storage issue. > Forward NI to :janv for further clarification. No, this is related to all quota manager clients, including IndexedDB. :Gijs is right we can't exclude this folder, it's essential for sites to work correctly. The plus sign is a valid file name character, isn't it ? I think the backup program should be fixed instead, sorry.
Flags: needinfo?(jvarga)
Closing per comment #4.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Component: DOM → DOM: Core & HTML
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