Bug#407927: iceape: proxy configuration disabled

[Hendrik-Jan Heins]

Dear Armando,

I think you are right in assuming that bug reporting is meant to
improve on programs. So yes, I do think you are right to report this
as a bug.
But I also think that this is:
- not a bug in the sense that it is iceape packaging related
- a bug in the sense that it is a shortcomming of the mozilla profile system
- a wishlist item in the sense that a profile checker can be very usefull here

Looking at the mozillazine forums, there are a lot of people that have
profile-related issues, so yes, it is something to be looked at, but
not only in Debian, so I think this is an upstream bug.

If you can try what Alexander suggested, you probably have the best
chance of tracking this one down and helping to prevent this happening
to others. Too bad it is probably a lot of work ;-)

cheers,

Hendrik-Jan


2007/1/23, Alexander Sack <asac at debian.org>:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 10:31:20AM -0500, Armando Romero wrote:
> >
> > In that regard the profile does have common things with same product
> > under different name. If Iceape is re-using previous configuration files
> > and serves as replacement for Mozilla, it shall also handle them correctly.
> > > As that profile is not generated by iceape, I'd say it's not an iceape
> > > bug. Whether there's room for improvement on this product, is a whole
> >
>
> Please try if removing ALL user prefs helps (backup your profile
> directory first, so it stays reproducible and you won't loose
> anything). If that helps, try to track down the exact option that
> causes this.
>
> Thanks,
>
>  - Alexander
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