111077 - Installer should not remove files until after completing successfully

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Akkana Peck]

A frustration I have quite often with the stub installer is that I run the
installer, it wants to delete my existing mozilla build, then it fails (either
because it crashes, e.g. bug 97249, or because there's a network problem and it
can't get all the files it needs) and I'm left with no build at all.  Thank god
I keep NS 4.x around, or I wouldn't be able to browse at all for days on end.

Most software packages (e.g. editors) don't remove the old file/data until
they're ready to write the new data.  We should do the same, and not replace
anything until we've successfully downloaded files, if we want people to use our
product and not someone else's.

Comment 1

[Tony Mechelynck [:tonymec]]

There is no installer for Linux trunk builds anymore. I suppose this is WONTFIX or even INVALID.