Ubuntu
ubuntu-defaults-builder package

setting browser.search.defaultenginename in distribution.ini does not have effect

Bug #1299855 reported by Aron Xu
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntukylin-default-settings
Won't Fix
Undecided
Unassigned
firefox (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Chris Coulson
ubuntu-defaults-builder (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

setting browser.search.defaultenginename in distribution.ini does not have effect, but this is the advertised way to change default search engine to something else.

Aron Xu (happyaron)
Changed in ubuntu-defaults-builder (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Jack Yu (jackyu)
tags: added: trusty ubuntukylin
Revision history for this message
Jack Yu (jackyu) wrote :

Do we have any candidate solution?

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-defaults-builder (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in ubuntukylin-default-settings (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

It simplifies software contents, bug fixing or development.

Changed in ubuntukylin-default-settings (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in ubuntu-defaults-builder (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Anthony Wong (anthonywong)
Changed in ubuntu-defaults-builder (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Aron Xu (happyaron)
Aron Xu (happyaron)
no longer affects: ubuntukylin-default-settings (Ubuntu)
Changed in ubuntu-defaults-builder (Ubuntu):
assignee: Aron Xu (happyaron) → nobody
Aron Xu (happyaron)
Changed in ubuntukylin-default-settings:
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

This may be an issue with Firefox no longer respecting the the changes or distribution.ini file.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubuntu-defaults-builder (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Chris, do you if things changed on the firefox side?

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in ubuntu-defaults-builder (Ubuntu):
assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → nobody
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