Re: Profile protection
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote, on 30 Jan 20 19:33: alexyu wrote: Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote, on 30 Jan 20 17:12: You can with a restored profile from the previous version. Downgrading was never supported but because of the new features and internal format changes it got worse after 2.35. er... "2.53", right?: No 2.35. Downgrading 2.53 will kill the places databsse and replace it with the last json backup (same with Fx 56 to 52) but downgrading earlier releases also caused/causes not always visible problems. Usually you see indexdb errors during startup but they may be pref changes and other unwanted changes creeping in. Hi, FRG! Thanks for the (unexpected) lesson. I'll be sure to try 2.53 first on a copy of my profile, because I'm afraid some important-to-me installed extensions may not work. -- Best, s) alexyu ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Profile protection
alexyu wrote: Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote, on 30 Jan 20 17:12: You can with a restored profile from the previous version. Downgrading was never supported but because of the new features and internal format changes it got worse after 2.35. er... "2.53", right?: No 2.35. Downgrading 2.53 will kill the places databsse and replace it with the last json backup (same with Fx 56 to 52) but downgrading earlier releases also caused/causes not always visible problems. Usually you see indexdb errors during startup but they may be pref changes and other unwanted changes creeping in. FRG ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Profile protection
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote, on 30 Jan 20 17:12: You can with a restored profile from the previous version. Downgrading was never supported but because of the new features and internal format changes it got worse after 2.35. er... "2.53", right?: -- Best, s) alexyu ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Profile protection
Ray Davison wrote: Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: I just tried a few WG9S versions. That cost me my bookmarks file. But I always backup before trying anything new, so no loss, just nuisance. If a recent 2.53 cost you your bookmarks you have other problems. Read again. It was a WG9S. Almost the same. He uses our patch queues. We just took out some work in progress patches for 2.53.1b1 Downgrading 2.53 will also kill the bookmarks db and is 100% unspupported. I have been bouncing between various versions since early SM 1X. I currently have six 2X versions on the HDD. The only issue I have been aware of is the 1X-2X transition. Are you saying that once I run 2.53 I cannot run anything lower? You can with a restored profile from the previous version. Downgrading was never supported but because of the new features and internal format changes it got worse after 2.35. FRG ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Profile protection
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: I just tried a few WG9S versions. That cost me my bookmarks file. But I always backup before trying anything new, so no loss, just nuisance. If a recent 2.53 cost you your bookmarks you have other problems. Read again. It was a WG9S. Downgrading 2.53 will also kill the bookmarks db and is 100% unspupported. I have been bouncing between various versions since early SM 1X. I currently have six 2X versions on the HDD. The only issue I have been aware of is the 1X-2X transition. Are you saying that once I run 2.53 I cannot run anything lower? Bookarks will be recreated from a backup but if these are bad too the bookmarks are gone. I don't depend on Mozilla to recover data. Ray ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Profile protection
Ray Davison wrote: Chasing my bookmark issue has reminded me of another issue. Some versions of SM and some "protect you" utilities will destroy some or all of your profile. That is why a few years ago I created run object on the desktop for a batch file to copy all recent files from all profiles to a rarely used storage partition. I just tried a few WG9S versions. That cost me my bookmarks file. But I always backup before trying anything new, so no loss, just nuisance. Buyer beware, and never "update" over a functioning app or OS. Install the new alongside the old and only delete the old when you are convinced the new is better. Auto update is a monster waiting to bite you. Ray If a recent 2.53 cost you your bookmarks you have other problems. Either a bad add-on or such a third party using direct sql manipulating the places database. Downgrading 2.53 will also kill the bookmarks db and is 100% unspupported. Bookarks will be recreated from a backup but if these are bad too the bookmarks are gone. FRG ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
