77132 - Linux installer needs a cancel button during Install phase

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

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

Description

[Syd Logan]

Comment 1

[Samir Gehani]

The Linux installer already has a cancel button in the bottom left corner.  With
the new download UI and pause/resume support you will be able to cancel even in
the middle of download.  You can't cancel during the install phase because the
XPInstall engine is not equipped with a callback mechanism.  If you are
referring to a cancel button during the install phase then we need to open a new
bug for adding a callback mechanism to the XPInstall engine and new bugs for the
win32 and mac installers to take advantage of this.  

Comment 2

[Curt Patrick (gone)]

Changed from Linux to all since it behaves the same way on all platforms, and
marked it as an Engine bug.

I think that this is really a request for an enhancement.  It will involve a
very significant amount of design and implementation, if it is practical to do
it at all.  How should we track these kinds of issues?  Should they be marked as
Severity=enhancement?  or just tracked through the PRD? or some other mechanism?

Comment 3

[Grace Bush]

modifying summary