749629 - Remove folder on uninstall

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 710790

(Firefox Graveyard :: Web Apps, defect)

Description

[Andrew Williamson [:eviljeff]]

Uninstalling a webapp (via control panel on Windows) leaves two folders in appData (one in roaming, one in local). 

Although I understand we might want to keep settings and storage that the app has set, each folder is 10-11MB (mainly due to places.sqlite) which soon adds up if you're installing multiple apps. Besides, we should be tidier with user's Windows profiles.

Comment 2

[Andrew Williamson [:eviljeff]]

(In reply to Jason Smith [:jsmith] from comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 709609 ***

this isn't a dupe of 709609 - that one talks about not leaving a (near empty) folder if the app has never been run.  I'm talking about removing the folder even if it has been run (a far more common case) to avoid wasting users disk space.

Comment 3

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

(In reply to Andrew Williamson [:eviljeff] from comment #2)
> (In reply to Jason Smith [:jsmith] from comment #1)
> > 
> > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 709609 ***
> 
> this isn't a dupe of 709609 - that one talks about not leaving a (near
> empty) folder if the app has never been run.  I'm talking about removing the
> folder even if it has been run (a far more common case) to avoid wasting
> users disk space.

Still sounds like the same underlying bug, just different test cases.

Comment 4

[Tim Abraldes [:TimAbraldes] [:tabraldes]]

This is not a dupe of bug 709609.  That bug deals with apps that have never been run (and so they have no profile data).

This bug is about removing profile data, and so is more likely a dupe of bug 710790.