Closed Bug 371100 Opened 17 years ago Closed 17 years ago

build id can go into Info.plist on Mac builds

Categories

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox Build System
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: ray, Unassigned)

Details

The Info.plist file in the application's main bundle on a Mac is just an arbitrary dictionary. It would be useful to include a "Build ID" key-value pair in there.

For one thing, this might help on the problem that occurs when the user has more than one version of the browser and double-clicks on an HTML file. One can play launchservices bingo, or we can allow launchservices to make a smarter choice by checking the application's build id. Unless the build id is not available to the system.

Also, one would not have to launch an application to find its build id.

Actually, I am not sure what can be done. It is an enabling feature, so it enables stuff we might not think of right now.
I am going to go ahead and close this. There are other ways to do it.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Component: Build Config → General
Product: Firefox → Firefox Build System
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