(In reply to Mike Hommey (VAC: 31 Dec - 11 Jan) [:glandium] from comment #40)
> (In reply to Mike Kaply [:mkaply] from comment #39)
> > Oddly, this document:
> > 
> > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences/
> > A_brief_guide_to_Mozilla_preferences
> > 
> > Says we already support lockPref in JS files?
> 
> It says: "All preferences files may call pref(), user_pref() and
> sticky_pref(), while the config file in addition may call lockPref()."
> which is about autoconf.

You'd think I would have noticed that. I really don't like a document
that combines the two. pref behaves differently on both, user_pref
doesn't work in autoconfig and sticky_pref doesn't work in autoconfig.
This shouldn't reference autoconfig at all.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/623844

Title:
  lockpref not honored in /etc/thunderbird/pref/thunderbird.js

Status in Mozilla Thunderbird:
  Fix Released
Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: thunderbird

  appended /etc/thunderbird/pref/thunderbird.js with the following line:
  lockpref("app.update.enabled", false);

  When starting Thunderbird and checking the config app.update.enabled
  is set to false, but can be edited by the user.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: thunderbird 3.0.6+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 25 09:58:43 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: thunderbird

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