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* [WiP] Firefox data source
Work in progress.
Implements a new Firefox datasource capable of reading its
places.sqlite database to import the browser history (page visits).
The implementation currently has a number of issues:
* Firefox (and Firefox based) browser keeps an exclusive lock on the
places.sqlite database, and we can't dump or backup it while the
browser is open, at least on Linux. To work around that,
we copy the database to a temporary directory and import from it.
This generally works, but isn't safe, as there's a risk of database
corruption when doing the hot copy. Potential alternatives:
* Ask the user to close the browser while the import happens, which
isn't convenient/possible if this is happening regularly in the background.
* Ignore and retry, as it'll eventually succeed, in the rare case the
temporary db copy is corrupted and unreadable
* Something else, no expert here.
* You need to point Timelinize to the places.sqlite file directly. Pointing
it to the Firefox profile directory doesn't seem to work, as it
doesn't seem to scan recursively or list all the directory files and
pass them to Recognize. I'm probably missing something obvious here.
* Missing tests (will be added)
* Linter fixes
* Adapt it to the new API
* Send the full path to process
* Simplify import process
* Add datasource description
* Use the URL as the item content
* Add basic tests
* Give the test some more time
* Do not return an error if context was cancelled
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