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 Bug list: [http://tinyurl.com/8xgkf Places bugs by milestone, owner]
-Note:  This feature has been disabled on the Gecko 1.8 branch. [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/4b8e7bafecccbc10/ Newsgroup post]
+Note: Places has been disabled on the Trunk, as announced at the [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3/StatusMeetings/2006-09-20 9/20 Gran Paradiso Status Meeting], pending redesign. Once work is underway, we'll see about getting some of the tinderboxes to do Places builds alongside the non-Places builds.
 = Goals & Objectives =
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 * Consolidating user data formats
-* Provide a platform for using interesting per-URL metadata
+* Providing a platform for using interesting per-URL metadata
 * Improving the capabilities of Live Bookmarks
+* Providing a solid architecture for bookmark sync and remote storage
 == Builds ==
-Places is enabled in the "trunk" build of Firefox. This build is unstable and is recommended only for developers. You can download nightly trunk builds from the Mozilla FTP site. See [[Firefox:Home_Page]] for information on schedules, etc.
+As noted above, Places is currently disabled in the "trunk" build of Firefox. To use Places you must enable it at build-time using --enable-places. Detailed instructions for building Firefox are available in the [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation MDC Build Documentation]. Places builds are unstable and are recommended only for developers at this time.
-=== Previous builds ===
-Milestone 2 (1/30/2006):
-What's new in this build:
-* Your existing history is now preserved and imported into Places.
-* You can search from the Places view
-* You can construct queries over your history/bookmarks and save them
-* If you are migrating to Firefox from another browser, your history and bookmarks are imported into Places.
-* Stability, performance, and bug fixes
-Known issues:
-* It is recommended that you delete the file "storage.sdb" in your profile directory if you have previously run a Places build.
-* This build is based on the Firefox 2.0 branch.  It still claims to be 1.5, so 1.5-compatible extensions will continue to function.  Extensions that utilize the old bookmarks and history interfaces will not work correctly.
-* If you use the installer, you have to do a custom install and disable Quality Feedback Agent.  Otherwise, the installation will error out.
-* Bookmark keywords do not work yet.
-* If your profile directory is on NFS, you will see slower performance.
-Milestone 1 (12/15/2005):
-This is our first public milestone build.  It has a working Places view, history, and bookmarks (with import).  There are a few known issues:
-* These builds are based on the Firefox trunk.  As a result, any extensions which claim only 1.5.0.* compatibility will be disabled.
-* If you use the installer, you have to do a custom install and disable Quality Feedback Agent.  Otherwise, the installation will error out.
-* Existing bookmarks are imported, but history is not yet imported.
-* Bookmark keywords do not work yet.
-* If your profile directory is on NFS, you will see slower performance.
 Please file bugs in bugzilla.  You can use this link:
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+=== Archived Build Notes (obsolete) ===
+Milestone 2 (1/30/2006):
+What's new in this build:
+* Your existing history is now preserved and imported into Places.
+* You can search from the Places view
+* You can construct queries over your history/bookmarks and save them
+* If you are migrating to Firefox from another browser, your history and bookmarks are imported into Places.
+* Stability, performance, and bug fixes
+Known issues:
+* It is recommended that you delete the file "storage.sdb" in your profile directory if you have previously run a Places build.
+* This build is based on the Firefox 2.0 branch.  It still claims to be 1.5, so 1.5-compatible extensions will continue to function.  Extensions that utilize the old bookmarks and history interfaces will not work correctly.
+* If you use the installer, you have to do a custom install and disable Quality Feedback Agent.  Otherwise, the installation will error out.
+* Bookmark keywords do not work yet.
+* If your profile directory is on NFS, you will see slower performance.
+Milestone 1 (12/15/2005):
+This is our first public milestone build.  It has a working Places view, history, and bookmarks (with import).  There are a few known issues:
+* These builds are based on the Firefox trunk.  As a result, any extensions which claim only 1.5.0.* compatibility will be disabled.
+* If you use the installer, you have to do a custom install and disable Quality Feedback Agent.  Otherwise, the installation will error out.
+* Existing bookmarks are imported, but history is not yet imported.
+* Bookmark keywords do not work yet.
+* If your profile directory is on NFS, you will see slower performance.