1050173 - have an option to disable downloading extension on build time

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::Build, defect)

Description

[Yuren [:yurenju] (AFK ~ Oct. 12) (volunteer mode)]

since we disable downloading extension on bug 1022196 and bug 1002545, we should find out a better way to disable downloading extension.

currently we empty build/config/additional-extensions.json file to disable it.

Comment 1

[Yuren [:yurenju] (AFK ~ Oct. 12) (volunteer mode)]

Alex, since we have a lot of environment variable for build system, it seems not good to add another one. do you have any suggestion for it?

I'm thinking a file just like .mozconfig but using json format to store some configuration.

Comment 2

[Yuren [:yurenju] (AFK ~ Oct. 12) (volunteer mode)]

another way to solve this issue is add a customzation feature[1] for additional-extensions, then we can just add an empty json file to GAIA_DISTRIBUTION_DIR/additional-extensions.json to disable all extensions.

[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/MarketCustomizations

Comment 3

[Yuren [:yurenju] (AFK ~ Oct. 12) (volunteer mode)]

needinfo myself.

Comment 4

[Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]]

I don't have a strong opinion on these different options.
Are we already using a custom distribution dir for automation?
If that's the case, it looks like a better option than introducing mozconfig like file.
I see distribution dir as an superset of mozconfig, where you don't get only one config file, but a whole tree.

Comment 5

[Yuren [:yurenju] (AFK ~ Oct. 12) (volunteer mode)]

cancel needinfo since I don't have enough bandwidth to help on it.

Comment 6

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on