#1100945 falkon: Bookmark import from Firefox fails or messes with bookmark categorization

Package:
falkon
Source:
falkon
Description:
lightweight web browser based on Qt WebEngine
Submitter:
Francesco Poli (wintermute)
Date:
2025-03-20 19:27:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1100945#5
Date:
2025-03-20 19:25:29 UTC
From:
To:
Hello and thanks for maintaining this Debian package!

I am giving it a try, but I stumbled upon a bug in the bookmark import
procedure.
Please let me elaborate.

I select "Organize Bookmarks" from the Bookmarks menu.
I highlight "Bookmarks Menu" and then I click on "Import Bookmarks".

In the dialog window, I select "Mozilla Firefox" and find the
'places.sqlite' file in my Firefox profile
("/home/${USER}/.mozilla/firefox/${PROFILE}.default/places.sqlite").
When I click on "Next", one of the following things happens (I cannot
understand what's different between the two cases, maybe whether
Firefox is running...):

  a) an error window appears saying "No query Unable to fetch row"

  b) Firefox bookmarks are imported, but all in a seemingly random order
  and not organized in folders (as they were on Firefox)

Having to manually re-sort and re-organize all my bookmarks in
appropriate folders is completely unmanageable...

Please investigate this bug and fix it and/or forward my bug
report upstream, as appropriate.

Thanks for your time and dedication!