Talk:Browser.bookmarks.overwrite

Isn't this preference now obsolete and if so, what goes in the "Has an effect in" section? I wasn't sure how to handle this.

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423082

Dietrich Ayala   2008-03-15 01:20:59 PDT

The bookmarks.postplaces.html file is no longer supported. It was a stopgap
measure to ensure we did not overwrite bookmarks.html in the case that a user
often went back and forth between Fx3 and Fx2.

As of bug 384370, we no longer write any HTML bookmarks automatically. Instead,
all bookmarks (instead of just the menu and toolbar) as well as tags are backed
up once every 24 hours to the bookmarks backup directory in your profile, as JSON.

If you do want to export bookmarks.html (menu and toolbar only) at shutdown,
you can set this pref to true:

browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=384370

Alice 23:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML links to this article as a related preference. Alice 23:35, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, looks like it’s obsolete now. When prefs die, the "has an effect in" section is modified to show the range of build dates or version numbers in which the pref worked, it gets moved to Category:Unused preferences, and some wording gets changed to past-tense. --Unarmed 03:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. One thing that did confuse me, though. In the "Has an effect in" section, which now says Mozilla Firefox (release branch builds between 2007-11-08 and 2008-03-13; nightly builds between 2007-11-09 and 2008-03-13) you use the terms "release branch" and "nightly". It may be clear to you but it would be more clear to me if you used the actual version, such as "Firefox/3.0b4" or "Minefield/3.0b5pre". Also, this preference still works in the latest Beta release, (rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008030714 Firefox/3.0b4 which I'm using, (from mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/3.0b4-candidates/rc2/unsigned/firefox-3.0b4.en-US.win32.zip) so maybe I jumped the gun calling it obsolete? Alice 16:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I only mentioned the release branch builds in this article because the bug report mentions that check-in explicitly. The latest beta release was compiled from code before the removal (released 3/7 vs. removed 3/13), so the pref probably won't disappear from a release until beta 5. --Unarmed 23:56, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I only mentioned the release branch builds in this article because the bug report mentions that check-in explicitly I guess you mean https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381216#c25 2007-11-08 17:46:15 PDT

 fix landed on the GECKO190_20071106_RELBRANCH, a=schrep, 

.... but notice that the bug comment says GECKO190 while the article just says release branch, which some may interpret as Firefox 2 since the Background section mentions both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3. (I'll add "Gecko 1.9.xx" to the "Has an effect in" section.) Alice 11:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

The latest beta release was compiled from code before the removal (released 3/7 vs. removed 3/13), Exactly. That's what I meant when I said that maybe I jumped the gun calling the preference obsolete, since it is still in effect in Firefox 3 Beta 4, which is currently the latest beta release. Alice 12:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)