[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1988665] Re: snap install of firefox is a bad idea on heterogeneous networks

2022-11-04 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1988665] Re: snap install of firefox is a bad idea on heterogeneous networks

2022-09-05 Thread Olivier Tilloy
Ok, I think I understand better the problem. Indeed the wrapper script was written for a one-shot migration of existing profiles, not with this use case of going back and forth between two different installations of firefox in mind. Could you maybe solve this by making

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1988665] Re: snap install of firefox is a bad idea on heterogeneous networks

2022-09-05 Thread SA
In this case, many computers running different linuxs and many users. Tied together with NIS/NFS in a fairly ordinary way. Thus users see the same firefox profile which ever machine they are using. Switching to snap moves the profile, cache etc etc into the snap directory and isolates the firefox

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1988665] Re: snap install of firefox is a bad idea on heterogeneous networks

2022-09-05 Thread Olivier Tilloy
Thanks for the report. Could you please provide more details on how your network is set up, so we can understand how your use case could be better handled by the firefox snap? In the current version, a profile stored in ~/.mozilla/firefox is imported into ~/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1988665] Re: snap install of firefox is a bad idea on heterogeneous networks

2022-09-04 Thread Erich Eickmeyer 
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1988665 Title: snap install of firefox is a bad idea on heterogeneous

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1988665] Re: snap install of firefox is a bad idea on heterogeneous networks

2022-09-04 Thread Paul White
** Package changed: ubuntu => firefox (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: snap -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1988665 Title: snap install of firefox is a bad idea on