411526 - Move 'sidebar-rdf.netscape.com' to something like 'sidebar-rdf.seamonkey-project.org', or drop this feature

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1367916

(SeaMonkey :: Sidebar, defect)

Description

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Moved from bug 409780 comment 4:
[
Oh, and BTW, we should replace that Netscape URL there with something we set up
ourselves, we probably should file another bug for getting that in place - or
we remove the whole web-fetched sidebar customization list functionality.
]

<http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/search?string=sidebar-rdf.netscape.com>
reports one use only:
[
sidebar-rdf.netscape.com

/suite/browser/browser-prefs.js,

    * line 342 -- pref("sidebar.customize.all_panels.url", "http://sidebar-rdf.netscape.com/%LOCALE%/sidebar-rdf/%SIDEBAR_VERSION%/all-panels.rdf");
]

This looks like a (wanted) duplicate of bug 216166,
which was duped to bug 49367, which was WontFixed.
(Bug 37877 seems +/- related too...)

Comment 1

[Robert Kaiser]

We should build up such a directory either on www.seamonkey-project.org or a subdomain, need to talk to Mozilla IT about that.
We probably also should contact Netscape/AOL in some way to get the current data they have at the old URL as a base for our new directory.

Comment 2

[Philip Chee]

I don't think that AOL/Netscape even realizes that these files exist any more (for example the CNN sidebar location moved somewhere else ages ago) or even that that particular server exists at all. I think ever since the Netscape division's in-house server administrator was given the pink slip, those servers have been basically running on automatic. Somebody could ask Jay Gracia about the current status.

Comment 3

[Mark Banner (:standard8) (afk until 21st July)]

(In reply to comment #0)
> <http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/search?string=sidebar-rdf.netscape.com>
> reports one use only:
> [
> sidebar-rdf.netscape.com
> /suite/browser/browser-prefs.js,
>     * line 342 -- pref("sidebar.customize.all_panels.url",
> "http://sidebar-rdf.netscape.com/%LOCALE%/sidebar-rdf/%SIDEBAR_VERSION%/all-panels.rdf");
> ]

This is also related to my bug 384178 which comments about the next two lines in that file...

Comment 4

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Moved from bug 409780 comment 12:
[
(From update of attachment 294701 [details] [diff] [review])
>+  url = url.toLowerCase();

I don't particularly like this, but I see we need it with the current (still
existing and working) Netscape URLs. We probably can remove that when we are
creating our own sidebar directory somewhere.
]

Comment 5

[Philip Chee]

CC Jay Garcia to see if he knows of the appropriate contact inside AOL/Netscape.

Comment 6

[jay garcia]

Netscape contacts: [e-mail] [e-mail]

Comment 7

[Philip Chee]

Attachment: Archive of various netscape web-panels.rdf via the WayBackMachine

filing this for reference purposes.

Comment 9

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

Well after blanking the pref didn't have the desired effect to not show errors in the log I removed the whole function. Means this bug here just became a duplicate. 

I know it is unlikely after all these years but please reopen if someone wants to still construct a new rdf site so that we can add the feature back.