1191382 - Disable crash reporter on Instantbird

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Instantbird Graveyard :: Other, defect)

Description

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

As discussed as the Summit, the first step to disabling our crash server is to disable shipping the crash reporter.

Comment 1

[aleth [:aleth]]

Do we want to
1) completely disable the crash reporter (ideally, not even build it)
or
2) still build it, but somehow disable the UI and uploading crash reports?

Possible arguments for 2):
Note the crash reporter is currently used to try to determine whether the app crashed on autologin or not:
https://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/source/chat/components/src/imAccounts.js#924

Also, we may still want to keep local minidumps, assuming those are useful.

Comment 2

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

I think we want to 1, not even build it. I'm unsure if there's any benefit to disabling the UI and uploading.

Comment 3

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

On the behalf of Florian:
Closing bugs related to the Instantbird UI as WONTFIX, as the development of the standalone chat client Instantbird has stopped. Instantbird users are encouraged to migrate to Thunderbird. The user interface of instant messaging in Thunderbird will feel familiar, as the Thunderbird IM support started as a fork of Instantbird.