Bug#808959: iceweasel: Add Services to Sync

[Len Huppe]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 43.0.1-1~bpo80+1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

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Problem

The Sync feature does not currently sync installed services. Therefore when
setting up a new installation the user must install and/or re-install desired
services.

Action Taken

Openned the Add-ons Manager > Services tab to re-install services manually.

Current Behavior

There is a message stating “You don’t have any add-ons of this type
installed.” Also, there is a button labeled     “Learn more about add-
ons.” Clicking that button brings the user to the Get Add-ons tab which does
not say much about services.

Suggested Behavior

Would it be better to have the button labeled “Learn more about Services”
and have that button take the user to the web site where Services can be
installed?

https://activations.cdn.mozilla.net/en-US/

In the long run Services will very likely be added to the Sync service in which
case re-installations will become that much easier. In the meantime, this
suggested change can make the process of installing services a bit quicker and
easier. More importantly, it can help make the transition to Iceweasel from
other browsers a bit easier for newbies.









-- Package-specific info:

-- Extensions information
Name: AdBlock for YouTube™
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/jid1-q4sG8pYhq8KGHs at jetpack.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Adblock Plus
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/adblockpopups at jessehakanen.net.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Default theme
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Package: iceweasel
Status: enabled

Name: Disconnect
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/2.0 at disconnect.me.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/elemhidehelper at adblockplus.org.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Email Notifier
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/jid1-iqxEAwQsa3GZKc at jetpack.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Facebook service
Status: enabled

Name: Ghostery
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/firefox at ghostery.com.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Gmail service
Status: enabled

Name: Google Translator for Firefox
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/translator at zoli.bod.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Google+ service
Status: enabled

Name: LinkedIn service
Status: enabled

Name: NoScript
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Shortcuts for Google™ Products
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/jid1-SVJwkBGCTt4PyQ at jetpack.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: TinEye Reverse Image Search
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/tineye at ideeinc.com.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Video Downloader professional
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/ffext_basicvideoext at startpage24.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: YouTube Video and Audio Downloader
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/feca4b87-3be4-43da-a1b1-137c24220968 at jetpack.xpi
Status: enabled

-- Plugins information
Name: Gnome Shell Integration
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so
Package: gnome-shell
Status: enabled

Name: iTunes Application Detector
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
Package: rhythmbox-plugins
Status: enabled


-- Addons package information
ii  gnome-shell    3.14.4-1~deb amd64        graphical shell for the GNOME des
ii  iceweasel      43.0.1-1~bpo amd64        Web browser based on Firefox
ii  rhythmbox-plug 3.1-1        amd64        plugins for rhythmbox music playe

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils               4.4+b1
ii  fontconfig                2.11.0-6.3
ii  libasound2                1.0.28-1
ii  libatk1.0-0               2.14.0-1
ii  libc6                     2.19-18+deb8u1
ii  libcairo2                 1.14.0-2.1
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.8.20-0+deb8u1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.102-1
ii  libevent-2.0-5            2.0.21-stable-2
ii  libffi6                   3.1-2+b2
ii  libfontconfig1            2.11.0-6.3
ii  libfreetype6              2.5.2-3+deb8u1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.9.2-10
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.31.1-2+deb8u4
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.42.1-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.25-3
ii  libhunspell-1.3-0         1.3.3-3
ii  libpango-1.0-0            1.36.8-3
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.8.7.1-1+deb8u1
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-4
ii  libstdc++6                4.9.2-10
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxcomposite1            1:0.4.4-1
ii  libxdamage1               1:1.1.4-2+b1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxfixes3                1:5.0.1-2+b2
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.8-1+b1
ii  libxt6                    1:1.1.4-1+b1
ii  procps                    2:3.3.9-9
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages iceweasel recommends:
ii  gstreamer1.0-libav         1.4.4-2
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good  1.4.4-2

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
pn  fonts-lmodern          <none>
pn  fonts-stix | otf-stix  <none>
ii  libcanberra0           0.30-2.1
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.24.5-3
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u1
pn  mozplugger             <none>

-- no debconf information