Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Suggestion: .gnuzilla/icecat/ instead of .mozilla/icecat/

[David Hedlund]

Thank you.

On 2016-06-15 19:08, Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic wrote:
> Similarly, GNU has decided to put IceCat in a directory called icecat
> (instead of firefox). However, this is a half-measure since icecat is in
> the parent directory .mozilla.
>
> To summarize, we already have:
>
> ~/.thunderbird -> ~/.icedove
> ~/.mozilla/firefox -> ~/.mozilla/icecat
>
> The proposal is to go all the way and make:
>
> ~/.mozilla/icecat -> ~/.gnuzilla/icecat
>
> Thanks,
> Tiberiu
>
> On 06/15/2016 07:58 PM, David Hedlund wrote:
> > Tiberiu makes sense; The /Debian/ Free Software /Guidelines/ (DFSG) decided to 
> > put Icedove in ~/.icedove
> >
> >
> > On 2016-06-15 18:54, Daniel Quintiliani wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I think it's a better idea to keep all the Mozilla-based products' profiles in 
> > > the same predictable place. Thunderbird, Tor Browser Bundle, etc.
> > >
> > > BTW, any new info on the v45 security issues vs the cookie prompt? Were we 
> > > going to backport the security updates to v38, or move forward to v45 like TBB 
> > > has, possibly including one of the add-ons Mozilla recommended?
> > >
> > > Personally I can't imagine using a cookie prompt for each site (plus every 
> > > banner ad and invisible GIF?) and always found it better to clean cookies on 
> > > shutdown, and have done so pretty much all my life. I wouldn't mind sacrificing 
> > > such a feature in exchange for fixing security issues now and more easily in 
> > > the future.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > -Dan Q
> > >
> > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 15:07:34 +0300, Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic <address@hidden> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm impressed with the new GNU IceCat maintained by Ruben.
> > > >
> > > > However, I would love to see the profiles stored under .gnuzilla/icecat/
> > > > instead of the current path .mozilla/icecat/.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a technical reason why this shouldn't be possible? I'm thinking
> > > > maybe backward compatibility?
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know.
> > > > Tiberiu
> > > >
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> > >
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