251034 - Inconcised description of uninstall influences profiles

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Patrick]

http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/guide/get-started.html

says:
"If you have a previous version of Mozilla installed

Before installing a new version of Mozilla, you should uninstall your previous
version first. If you have a third-party extension installed, particularly the
spell checker, you should also completely delete your Mozilla install directory
before making a new install. Do not install over an old Mozilla version.

Following the uninstall instructions in this document should not affect your
profile data (unless your profile files are in a custom location)."


The last section is too broad, because now it says that ANY custom location is
affected by an uninstall.



Copying & pasting the output from DOCTOR:


Index: mozilla-org/html/docs/end-user/guide/get-started.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mozilla-org/html/docs/end-user/guide/get-started.html,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -r1.23 get-started.html
--- mozilla-org/html/docs/end-user/guide/get-started.html	29 Jun 2004 23:46:35
-0000	1.23
+++ mozilla-org/html/docs/end-user/guide/get-started.html	12 Jul 2004 16:41:15 -0000
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@
    <strong>Do not install over an old Mozilla version</strong>.</p>
 
    <p>Following the uninstall instructions in this document should not
-   affect your profile data (unless your profile files are in a custom
-   location).</p>
+   affect your profile data (unless your profile files are in a custom location
shared with the Mozilla program files).</p>
    </div>
 
    <h3>System recommendation</h3>

Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

reassigning endico's bugs to default owner

Comment 2

[David Boswell]

Any old Mozilla Suite content should be archived.  Closing as wontfix.