Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox 3 Beta 5

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On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 16:22 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 17:00 +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > I do not think there would be any problems on switching from 2 stable
> > to 3 stable. I think Firefox releases are made compatible with the
> > previous version's user profiles.
> 
> Ioannis, haven't we been debating _exactly_ these problems ad nauseam in
> various threads over the last few days? Granted, not to stable, but IMHO
> this is a smaller difference than you make it out to be. 
> 
> 
> > Also noone guarantees that Firefox 3 Beta user profiles will not
> > change until the final release. I think it is more guaranteed that
> > Firefox 3 final will recognise and upgrade Firefox 2 user profiles
> > than it is guaranteed that it will recognise and upgrade any previous
> > Firefox 3 Beta user profiles, if they make any change to them, since
> > it is a Beta.
> 
> I don't think there is much use debating this with me :)
> I have stated my opinion repeatedly and linked to the release notes that
> contain the statement by Ubuntu. Everyone agrees that the current
> situation is not ideal, but Ubuntu hate to make some call. IIRC there
> was ongoing discussion about this on the developer lists and/or wiki.
> 
> If you are unhappy with how things have been handled, you should involve
> yourself in development and then talk to the relevant people or, if that
> is impossible, write up something in Ubuntu Brainshare.


Hi Mario & NoOp
Thanks to your both efforts and support:
For me the Ubuntu 8.04 and FF extension problems are SOLVED ! ;-D
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Mario is correct:
Yoannis suggestion to erase everything from and in FF3 is NOT
necessary !!

I am very very short in time just now and cannot give more precise info
yet: Sorry !!!

Cheers, svobi