Ah, agreed, this case is a little different. I am personally in favor of oninstall/onupdated hooks but feel lukewarm about onuninstall (worried about abuse/annoyance).
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 4:47 PM, dhw <[email protected]> wrote: > Except that http://crbug.com/27938 seems to be going the route of > displaying a prompt that let's the user decide whether to remove > LocalStorage data on extension uninstall. > > The original poster wants a method that is guaranteed to remove the > LocalStorage data and well as delete data from a SQLite database. > > That's why Aaron suggested needing oninstall and onuninstall hooks. > > I think the requirement here is different from http://crbug.com/27938 > > On Nov 25, 2:44 pm, Antony Sargent <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://crbug.com/27938 > > > > Star for updates. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Lior Neudorfer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This is important - for example, if an extension's local data is > > > somehow corrupted, a re-installation should be able to solve the > > > problem. > > > > > On Nov 25, 6:23 pm, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Raymond Lee > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I use a sqlite database and local storage to store data and > settings > > > > > in my extension. I would like to remove both the database and > local > > > > > storage for my extension when user uninstalls it, therefore, when > the > > > > > user installs the same extension again, he wouldn't see the old > > > > > settings and the extension would try him as a new user to show a > > > > > welcome page. Is it possible to do that? > > > > > > I can't think of any way to do that. We need to add oninstall and > > > > onuninstall hooks. > > > > > > - a > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Chromium-extensions" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]><chromium-extensions%2Bunsu > [email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Chromium-extensions" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
