1283300 - [META] Audit preferences and code constants for outdated values

Status: NEW

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Jet Villegas (inactive)]

We've been in the Web Layout Engine business for some time now. There may be preferences and code constants in Gecko that were set years ago that no longer make sense. Please hang bugs off this meta-bug to scrub those prefs and modify/remove them as needed.

Some ideas on what to look out for:
* The value was set when Windows95 was the major OS.
* The value is the same for all platforms (mobile and desktop.)
* The value assumed 640 x 480 or some other hardcoded rendering environment.
* The pref holds a time value that was set when i386 CPUs were common.
* Other features have shipped that change assumptions made.

Comment 1

[Anthony Jones (:ajones, :kentuckyfriedtakahe, :k17e)]

JW - can you take a look to see if there are any hard coded numbers that no longer make sense?

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Clear a needinfo that is pending on an inactive user.

Inactive users most likely will not respond; if the missing information is essential and cannot be collected another way, the bug maybe should be closed as INCOMPLETE.

For more information, please visit auto_nag documentation.

Comment 3

[Gregory Pappas [:gregp]]

Narrowing the scope of this bug to only outdated values to avoid overlap with bug 1773039