[chromium-dev] Re: Local State / Preferences distinction

2009-10-07 Thread Brett Wilson
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Tony Chang wrote: > The quasi-defunct profile system that uses the enable-udd-profiles > still has a separate Local State file and safe browsing databases > because it used different user data directory (udd). > > This change seems orthogonal to the profile system

[chromium-dev] Re: Local State / Preferences distinction

2009-10-07 Thread Tony Chang
The quasi-defunct profile system that uses the enable-udd-profiles still has a separate Local State file and safe browsing databases because it used different user data directory (udd). This change seems orthogonal to the profile system as it is currently implemented. We can resplit the Preferen

[chromium-dev] Re: Local State / Preferences distinction

2009-10-07 Thread Brett Wilson
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Tony Chang wrote: > Actually, the original distinction was stuff that could be shared > across computers and stuff that couldn't be shared (i.e., local > state).  I think originally this was for the difference between stuff > that a mounted home directory would sy

[chromium-dev] Re: Local State / Preferences distinction

2009-10-07 Thread Tony Chang
Actually, the original distinction was stuff that could be shared across computers and stuff that couldn't be shared (i.e., local state). I think originally this was for the difference between stuff that a mounted home directory would sync and stuff that wouldn't sync. In practice, I think it's