Bug#366129: Debian Firefox/Iceweasel bug triage - bug #366129

[Mike Hommey]

retitle 366129 Doesn't support the x-remote interface with a secondary profile
thanks

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 08:52:00AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> found 366129 3.5.5-1
> thanks
> 
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:23:18PM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > Version: 3.0.1-1
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:51:42AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > > found 366129 2.0.0.7-2
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > Behavior has not changed since the last time I updated the report, in July
> > > 2006.
> > 
> > I'm pretty confident this was fixed before the version currently in
> > Lenny. The version in squeeze or unstable may have a different
> > behaviour, though, as we reverted to the upstream behaviour, in which
> > case you need both -P and --no-remote.
> 
> Using either 3.5.5-1 or unmodified upstream firefox 3.5.5, I get
> exactly the same behavior as I did in the original report in 2006; for
> instance there is no way to open a new window in an alternate profile.
> I don't know about the version in lenny.
> 
> To be clear, I'm not sure which of the other behaviors are bugs, but I'm
> sure that the second "-P hacking -a other" or the "-P hacking -a other
> -no-remote" case is a bug; there is no way to click on a shortcut and
> have it open a second window in a second copy of firefox.
> 
> I'm fine with wontfix now; I was using the second isolated profile so
> I didn't have to mess around with flash in my actual web browser.  But
> both nspluginwrapper and the Adobe plugin are in such poor shape now
> that I use Chrome for flash instead.

Ah, this is a different bug from what I thought, then.

Mike