110920 - [rfe]Wrap stub installer(s) in jar for 4.x auto-install

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, enhancement)

Description

[Curt Patrick (gone)]

Comment 1

[Curt Patrick (gone)]

This has been tried before.  To be acceptable we have to deal with with expiring
certificates and such so that the nasty "high risk" dialog box doesn't get
displayed.  We don't want users to ever see this during an installation.  Ever,
ever, ever.

Comment 2

[Syd Logan]

only nsbeta1+ bugs can have milestones, resetting to ---

Comment 3

[Curt Patrick (gone)]

The jar is already being created for Windows.  Just needs testing, I think.

Gregg, as understand it, you need to determine whether QA/website can handle the
overhead of handling jars for all three platforms.  I need to know your answer
before I jump on creating jars for mac and windows.

Comment 4

[Syd Logan]

Marked based on Curt's comments

Comment 5

[Grace Bush]

Curt,

This is fixed for Windows only- but I see OS is all.  Are there plans for jars
for Mac and Linux?  

Comment 6

[Curt Patrick (gone)]

Good question.  The answer is, "No, unless Gregg reopens this."  We have never
had jars for Mac and Linux, and there are definitely QA implications of creating
webpages to use them if we had them.  All in all, it is pretty certain that they
would not get used if we created.  If they change their minds then it won't be a
huge amount of work to cook these up on call once everyone buys into it.

Comment 7

[Grace Bush]

verified

Comment 8

[Brant Gurganus]

[RFE] is deprecated in favor of severity: enhancement.  They have the same meaning.