On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 11:21:38AM -0400, Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote: > Hi Mike, > > > In an attempt to reproduce the problem, I found out that my profiles > had not been deleted, but simply moved from ~/.mozilla-thunderbird > to ~/.icedove. Therefore, the current bug can be closed I guess... > > It's frustrating to see that the original Icedove 2 copy had not > been simply kept but at least there is not real data loss. > > Whether this is a bug or not is thus left for discussion. In my > opinion, it is, because we could imagine a world where certain > people (like me) would like to use Icedove 2 rather than 3 for > certain reasons. Therefore the migration process should at least ask > the user whether he wants to delete his/her old profiles. > > Note that my use case is quite special too: I am developing > extensions (for SOGo interoperability) for Thunderbird/Icedove 2 for > the simple reason that we are waiting for 3.1 before migration our > clients. Seeing Icedove 2 being replaced without a proper transition > was quite brutal. Generally, in Debian, different incompatible > versions of a package are provided concurrently if they can be > installed side by side (for example sqlite). Here it was not the > case... > > Also, as a developer it can be useful to have multiple versions of > the same package if you want to maintain compatibility across those > versions. > > > Thanks nonetheless for your prompt response!
Note I think icedove should use the same directory as thunderbird. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
