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** The safe mode dialog could provide a method to reset the profile | ** The safe mode dialog could provide a method to reset the profile | ||
* We need to make the distinction between the reset process and making changes in safe mode permanent more clear as they appear to do the same thing in the UI. In reality, resetting involves more data loss since it's actually going to migrate only high priority data to a new profile. | * We need to make the distinction between the reset process and making changes in safe mode permanent more clear as they appear to do the same thing in the UI. In reality, resetting involves more data loss since it's actually going to migrate only high priority data to a new profile. | ||
* Use | * Use prefs in the profile to keep track of crashes | ||
* | * Add command-line arguments and/or environment variables to launch the reset process | ||
* Migration to a new profile | * Migration to a new profile | ||
** | ** Use profile migrator infrastructure | ||
* Migration of Places data (notes from rnewman) | * Migration of Places data (notes from rnewman) | ||
** Queries refer directly to a Places ID. If you do a low-level migration to a new DB, make sure that you don't break those foreign pseudo-keys! | ** Queries refer directly to a Places ID. If you do a low-level migration to a new DB, make sure that you don't break those foreign pseudo-keys! | ||
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** Note that Sync whitelists prefs to sync between devices (services.sync.prefs.*). You might want to think about that. | ** Note that Sync whitelists prefs to sync between devices (services.sync.prefs.*). You might want to think about that. | ||
** Similar caveats apply to other data stored in Sync. Making this feature work correctly with Sync will need a little bit of thought. | ** Similar caveats apply to other data stored in Sync. Making this feature work correctly with Sync will need a little bit of thought. | ||
|Feature implementation notes={{bug|294260}} - Safe Mode: Auto detect previous start-up failure and offer to start in safe mode | |Feature implementation notes=#{{In progress}} {{bug|294260}} - Safe Mode: Auto detect previous start-up failure and offer to start in safe mode | ||
#{{In progress}} Code to create a new profile | |||
# UI to reset profile | |||
#* startup crashes | |||
#* about:support | |||
#{{In progress}} {{bug|273874}} - Create migrator with bookmark support and simple file copies | |||
# Installer Reset option | |||
# Other migrations | |||
## passwords | |||
## add-ons | |||
## ... | |||
# Privacy - Functionality to support removing the old profile | |||
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{{FeatureInfo | {{FeatureInfo | ||
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{{FeatureTeamStatus | {{FeatureTeamStatus | ||
|Feature engineering status= | |Feature engineering status=Startup crash detection nearly complete. Migrator + Bookmark Import for review soon | ||
|Feature engineering notes=Plan is to stub migrators to just copy the relevant files initially and then iteratively improve them to better handle corrupt files. | |||
|Feature security status=sec-review-needed | |Feature security status=sec-review-needed | ||
|Feature qa status=In progress | |Feature qa status=In progress | ||
|Feature qa notes=[http://mzl.la/vv96eq Test Plan] | |Feature qa notes=[http://mzl.la/vv96eq Test Plan] | ||
}} | }} | ||