101801 - Autogenerate upGradeClean()

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Curt Patrick (gone)]

Need to add a deleteThisFile entry for every obsolete file that might need to be
removed during an upgrade installation.  Currently this is being done by hand
(see bug #94108).  There should be a way to automatically compare two
installation and generate this function from the diff.

Comment 1

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

grega - is this a required fix for AOL TW, or does the Bug 94108 work for now.

Comment 2

[Syd Logan]

Not required for 6.2

Comment 3

[grega]

waiting for JPM's team to verify.  I believe we want this for 6.2 but I'll let
JPM give us the word.  Keep on the radar for today.  Marking nsenterprise+

Comment 4

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

Note that 94108 is only for windows, but solves the problem for upgrades using
the native install.

If people are going to be using XPInstall directly to upgrade (like the
SmartUpdate site, or the proposed AutoUpdate feature) then you'd have to fix the
ren8dot3 problem for win9x machines, and do the equivalent to 94108 for Mac and
Linux.

Comment 5

[grega]

How much work is "fix the ren8dot3 problem for win9x machines, and do the
equivalent to 94108 for Mac and Linux"?  If this is a lot of work is there a
work around for TW?  They will deploy 6.2 to approx. 37,000 desktops.  How can
we get them to 6.3 and keep costs down?  Thanks!

Comment 6

[Sean Su]

There seems to be a misunderstanding about this bug.  This bug is simply 
referring to the fact that right now, we have to manually figure out what files 
are obsolete between 6.00 all to way to the latest builds (6.2).

This bug is simply indicating that this process needs to be automated.  This is 
not a requirement for any particular release.  It would just make things easier 
if we didn't have to do this by hand right before every release.

Comment 7

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

given ssu last comments, i am gonna PDT- this one.

grega - pls let us know, why this is a nsenterprise+.

Comment 8

[grega]

nsenterprise- added

Comment 9

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

This won't stop us from shipping, though it'd be nice

Comment 10

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

removing PDT grafitti.

Comment 11

[Syd Logan]

Resetting milestone of all nsbeta1-bugs, only nsbeta1+ bugs should have a target
milestone.

Comment 12

[Syd Logan]

Resetting milestone, only nsbeta1+ bugs can have a milestone on them, these are
niminated, but not yet plussed.

Comment 13

[Henrik Gemal]

are we gonna do something like stated in this bug. Otherwise lets close it and
do the cleanup like now, manually...

Comment 14

[Curt Patrick (gone)]

This is minused and now futured.  We don't want to close it because it needs to
be done.  There just doesn't seem to be time now.  We are continuing to do the
manual cleanups as they arise.  Is there one in particular that seems to be
getting ignored?

Comment 15

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Seamonkey and Firefox are using a new NSIS based installer. resolving this old bug, please reopen if you still get this with the new installer