On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 12:08:27PM -0700, Seth Fowler wrote: > I sometimes ask users to test a try build to verify that the build > fixes their problem. This is an important tool, especially when the > problem is hard to reproduce or when the definition of “fix” is a bit > nebulous (as it sometimes is in performance-related bugs). > > However, I don’t want to run the risk of causing users to lose data > when they test these builds! That’s especially true in light of the > fact that we sometimes make backwards incompatible changes to on-disk > data structures between releases (like the recent IndexedDB changes), > which could result in users being stuck on Nightly if they experiment > with a try build.
It seems to me *this* is the actual problem that needs solving. Switching between esr-release-beta-aurora-nightly is *very* common. If running nightly screws up profiles for older versions, that's a serious problem imho. Mike _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
