Closed Bug 38685 Opened 25 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Uninstall info should contain info about what it does with profiles

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Installer
Platform:
x86
Windows 98
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: bugzilla, Unassigned)

References

Details

When starting the uninstaller for Mozilla there should be some kind of text what the uninstaller does with profile data. I dont think the uninstaller deletes the profiles, but there should be some kind of text informing the user about this.
QA Contact: gbush → gemal
Bug 46773 is about the same warning just when installing. Perhaps the text can be reused.
Depends on: 46773
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Priority: P3 → P2
You are correct. The profiles are not removed. Simple text update to inform the user. Not sure if Intl people will got for this for the next release, but I'll mark it P2 for now. Adding Montse to the CC: list.
*** Bug 46773 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
adding Steve to cc list- he was assignee on bug 46773 - duplicate
over to Curt.
Assignee: ssu → curt
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.0
only nsbeta1+ bugs can have milestones, resetting to ---
Target Milestone: mozilla1.0 → ---
removing bug this one depends on, has since been marked dup of this one what about this text: "Uninstalling Mozilla will leave your settings and emails intact. If you want to delete this data, refer to the release notes for the location."
No longer depends on: 46773
*** Bug 224051 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
*** Bug 298051 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Happy 5th Anniversary unresolved Bug 38685!
thank you for volunteering to fix it. i look forward to your patch.
Assignee: curt → Alexander_Pircher
I definitely would if I had the abilites.
QA Contact: bugzilla → general
Assignee: Alexander_Pircher → nobody
Priority: P2 → --
Frank, what is the 2.x uninstaller doing there? is this fixed there?
Assignee: nobody → installer
QA Contact: installer → xpi-packages
Rob, what is our current uninstaller doing there? If this is valid with it and something we'd work on, it probably should move to toolkit. As a SeaMonkey-specific bug, this is probably WONTFIX.
Each app has the choice to mess with the profiles of the user performing the install / uninstall and IMO installers / uninstallers should never touch a user's data. The Firefox installer does not touch profiles and the uninstaller provides an option to remove profiles along with prominent UI about the danger of doing so. btw: this bug is against the xpinstall installer and as far as I know it didn't touch the user's profile. As I see it, this bug is invalid though you could change the SeaMonkey installer to add the suggested text in comment #7.
resolving per comment #15, thanks for the input!
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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