Closed Bug 62706 Opened 24 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Feature: list contents of archive before install

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, enhancement)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Installer: XPInstall Engine
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: depman1, Assigned: dveditz)

Details

You can list out the contents of the .xpi archive (even before unzipping it). In 
UNIX, do an "unzip -v". It would be useful seeing the .xpi contents (or .jar or 
.zip for chrome installs) *before* the install actually occurred.

One possibility is a list viewer in the "Confirm" dialog. All the files with 
their names, time stamps, and sizes could be listed. (and as more advanced 
features, some indication where it would be downloaded, and the ability to 
choose which files to download! ;)
Priority: P3 → --
Summary: Feature: list contents of archive before download & install → Feature: list contents of archive before install
Removing "download" from the summary -- we have to download to get this info,
but we should allow confirmation before committing the install.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
The xpinstall script engine has been removed from the trunk, bugs in it are obsolete.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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