1097091 - [tracker] Make MXR retireable

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Webtools Graveyard :: DXR, defect)

Description

[Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose]]

Reach feature parity with MXR to the point where we can turn it off.

Comment 2

[Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose]]

(Porting better semantics from the dupe bug:)

This is a tracker for bugs that block MXR's decommissioning. It doesn't necessarily contain every last little MXR parity feature; that's what the "mxr-parity" whiteboard tag is for.

Comment 3

[:Gijs (away/busy until Mar 10)]

Can I renom bug 1007293 as blocking the transition? This feature might seem very minor ("you can just scroll back to the line you need"), but the thing is, neither DXR nor MXR have permalinks when it comes to lines of code (because people change the code, and then your #1235 anchor is off by however many lines).
The fact that MXR's blame link gets you one in one click saves me a lot of time when writing futureproof bug comments or IRC replies referencing how/why code (doesn't) work(s). I would be extremely sad (and a lot slower) if I now had to manually compose such links whenever I needed them.

Comment 4

[Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose]]

Consider it nominated. :-) Ultimately, though, we're going to do permalinks right within DXR (bug 962108); I see that the real solution. Would that work for you?

Comment 5

[:Gijs (away/busy until Mar 10)]

(In reply to Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose] from comment #4)
> Consider it nominated. :-) Ultimately, though, we're going to do permalinks
> right within DXR (bug 962108); I see that the real solution. Would that work
> for you?

Probably, assuming that will genuinely block decommissioning MXR, yeah :-)

Comment 6

[Erik Rose [:erik][:erikrose]]

No promises, but, at the very least, permalinks will follow soon after.

Comment 7

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

DXR is no longer available. Searchfox is now replacing it.
See meta bug 1669906 & https://groups.google.com/g/mozilla.dev.platform/c/jDRjrq3l-CY for more details.