On 10/29/2009 01:18 PM, cciaffone wrote: > cciaffone wrote: >> Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: >> > Haven't you tried: >>> >>> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_migration_-_SeaMonkey#Manually_starting_profile_migration >>> >> >> >> Yes I have. I enter the command in the Run box. SM starts in >> Profile Manager. Not even a hint of the migration wizard. > > Hey!! I ran seamonkey.exe -migration with no profile name and the > migration wizard started! The two profiles it let me migrate were > Default and the "myprofile" I created previously. The migration > wizard ran and now I have a legitimate myprofile profile -- I hope. > > Serially -- has this stuff really been tested??
Perhaps you were absent for the "SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1 pre-testing - help wanted!" announcement & thread? Or the "SeaMonkey 2.0 Release Candidate 1" announcement & thread? The development wasn't done in some closed backroom & one and all were invited to assist. SeaMonkey (contrary to popular belief) is an open source community effort. That means that it not only depends on the volunteer developers & project/program leads, but the user community as well. Requests were announced during the stages of the development to ask folks to help test. Instructions were provided on how to install SeaMonkey 2.x in parallel to existing SeaMonkey 1.1.x installations. Users were asked to run the litmus tests (as basic as they are), and provide feedback to the developers. But to answer your question: this stuff really been tested?? Yes. It was tested to the best of any major release transition could be with the non-developers that participated and provided feedback. That doesn't mean all issues will have been noticed and/or resolved; for example I don't have imap accounts, so I couldn't test those for litmus. It does mean that it was tested well enough that the developers (and many testing users) felt it solid enough for general release. Will there be issues? Of course. Will there be folks unhappy with the transition? Of course, that is the way with any major software transition. You are part of the SeaMonkey user community; so your comments do count. Just try to remember that you were asked to help test along with the rest of us users, and unlike many closed source products, the ongoing effort to build a better product isn't confined to a few select 'beta testers'. Everything (except perhaps some sensitive security issues) is all out in the open; anyone can view the bug reports, submit a bug report, comment here, or comment on the mozilla.dev.apps.seamonkey group. Anyone can volunteer a code patch, volunteer to assist with documentation, etc., etc. Added comment & I'll get off my soapbox: While I well expected to see a flood of "can't do this anymore" posts (the same was true for the transition to Fx 3.x and will be for the Thunderbird 3.x transition), I am surprised by many of the complaints/issues that are being raised just now by _longtime_ SeaMonkey users & subscribers to this newsgroup. I've no issue with those with little or no experience in testing Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate, software. But it is disappointing (to me) to see longtime newsgroup members with a reasonable amount of 'tech savy' just now waving the 'can't do this flag' in a negative manner. If you've (not directed any anyone in particular) not participated in earlier testing, may I suggest that you post your issues with a [SM 2.0] tag and try to provide as much detail as possible regarding the issue? File a bug if you know how (bugzilla still bugs me but I try). If you don't know how to file a bug report, ask & I'm sure that someone here will help you. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
