257215 - unable to migrate from Opera

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Migration, defect, P3)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

found using 2004082615-0.9+ bits of firefox (aviary1.0 branch) on linux fedora
core 2. it's very similar to bug 255060, but am not sure if it's the same.

Marcia, could you see if this is also an issue on Mac? thanks!

0. I have Opera 7.54 installed as well as Mozilla 1.7.2

1. remove (or rename) ~/.mozilla directory.

2. start up Opera, and do the following tasks:

- surf to some sites to get cookies and global history (google.com, cnn.com, etc.)
- add a bookmark or three
- sign on to some site(s) and save passwds

3. quit Opera.

4. start Firefox.

expected: should get the Migration Wizard.

actual results: no migration wizard appears. firefox just loads the start page
(for a vanilla new, unmigrated profile).

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

the workaround I did to get migration to work was:

- before step 1, run mozilla --which (re)creates ~/.mozilla

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

oh on Mac, the Migration wizard doesn't even offer an option for Opera; see bug
257445.

Comment 3

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

This should have worked in the past, so may be a regression. 

Comment 4

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Attachment: patch

make sure we consider opera in the fallback list, also fail less aggressively.
ensure the "no source" option is shown in the right cases as well.