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1 Profile Management with Firefox (and other?)
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2 ============================================
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5 Desired Functionality
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6 ---------------------
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7
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8 See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Projects/ProfileManager and
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9 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=539524 :
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10
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11 - backing up profile
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12
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13 - merging
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15
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16 profiles.ini
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17 ------------
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18
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19 A typical `.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini` is as follows:
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21 {{{
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22 [General]
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23 StartWithLastProfile=0
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24
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25 [Profile0]
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26 Name=default
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27 IsRelative=1
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28 Path=py91jfha.default
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29 Default=1
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30
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31 [Profile1]
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32 Name=Lammy
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33 IsRelative=1
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34 Path=nr0eq10m.Lammy
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35 }}}
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36
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37 Notes:
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38
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39 - why use identifiers `[Profile0]`, `[Profile1]`, etc instead of the
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40 actual names ( `[default]`, `[lammy]` )?
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41
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42 - Instead of `Default=1` or `0`, could indicate the version of
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43 Firefox for which the profile is the default (e.g. `Default=3.6`)
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44
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45
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46 Architecture
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47 ------------
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48
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49 The architecture should satisfy both user-facing applications
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50 (i.e. the Firefox ProfileManager) as well as be friendly and malleable
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51 for testing purposes (e.g. a command line application). All front
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52 ends (GUI, command-line, web???, etc) should use the same underlying
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53 API, which will be front-end agnostic.
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54
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55 API
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56 ---
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57
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58 class ProfileManager(object):
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59
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60 def __init__(self, profiles):
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61 """
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62 profiles: profiles.ini file
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63 """
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64
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65 def clone(self, from, to):
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66 """
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67 clones the profile `from` and output to `to`
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68 """
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69
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70 def backup(self, profile):
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71 """
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72 backs up the profile named `profile`;
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73 maybe should be named `snapshot`
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74 """
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75
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76 def merge(self, *profiles):
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77 """merge a set of profiles (not trivial!)"""
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78
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79 Command Line Interface
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80 ----------------------
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81
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82 The command line interface should mirror the API.
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83
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84 Options:
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85 -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG specify a profiles.ini file
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86 [default: $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini]
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87
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88 Examples:
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89
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90 `profile-manager clone lammy foo # clone the lammy profile to foo`
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91
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92 `profile-manager backup lammy # make a snapshot of the lammy profile`
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93
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94
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95 Questions
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96 ---------
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97
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98 How to generate the hash key? (e.g. the `py91jfha` in `py91jfha.default`)
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