1105465 - Separate git source info from MOZILLA_OFFICIAL

Status: NEW

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

In bug 1043390, the Git info from about:buildconfig was hidden behind MOZILLA_OFFICIAL to help Windows build environments without Git available.

Ideally, I'd like to keep this Git info, but without changing MOZILLA_OFFICIAL, as there are various other places where MOZILLA_OFFICIAL == false is used to mean "local developer", such as for Fennec debugging[1].

What's the best path to keep Git source info when Git is available, but also leaving MOZILLA_OFFICIAL alone?

[1]: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/annotate/7bcc6573d204/mobile/android/base/AndroidManifest.xml.in#l89

Comment 1

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

Mike, maybe you have an idea based on bug 1043390 comment 25?

Should there be a new flag for Git info that is not set on Windows or something?

Comment 2

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

We could presumably just check for git in configure, and define something based on that.

Comment 3

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

(In reply to J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] from comment #0)
> http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/annotate/7bcc6573d204/mobile/android/
> base/AndroidManifest.xml.in#l89

FWIW, if the intent is for developer builds to be debuggable, it should be based on DEVELOPER_OPTIONS, not !MOZILLA_OFFICIAL.

> Ideally, I'd like to keep this Git info

I'm not sure it's valuable, but if you _really_ want that info, then comment 2 is probably the best option.