1555366 - Add installation directory to about:support

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: General, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

It can be challenging to find out where Firefox is installed from a user since there seems no way in the UI to get it and when a user has multiple installs they might not know which one was started by the OS.

I'd like to add the path to the Firefox binary to about:support.

Comment 1

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

Bugbug thinks this bug is a enhancement, but please change it back in case of error.

Comment 2

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Attachment: Bug 1555366: Add the path to the running binary to about:support. r=flod,jaws

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f528732cace4
Add the path to the running binary to about:support. r=flod,jaws

Comment 4

[Daniel Varga [:dvarga]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/f528732cace4

Comment 5

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Comment on attachment 9069449 [details]
Bug 1555366: Add the path to the running binary to about:support. r=flod,jaws

Beta/Release Uplift Approval Request

• User impact if declined: Tracking down issues with profile-per-install is a lot easier if I can easily get the path to the firefox binary. This is not always trivial for the user to find so having it on about:support makes things a lot easier.
• Is this code covered by automated tests?: No
• Has the fix been verified in Nightly?: Yes
• Needs manual test from QE?: No
• If yes, steps to reproduce:
• List of other uplifts needed: None
• Risk to taking this patch: Low
• Why is the change risky/not risky? (and alternatives if risky): This is a simple change to about:support, no functionality outside of that.
• String changes made/needed: Adds one string to abouSupport.ftl.

Comment 6

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

Comment on attachment 9069449 [details]
Bug 1555366: Add the path to the running binary to about:support. r=flod,jaws

I'm afraid it's late to be adding new strings in beta. (If this is critical it might be acceptable to hardcode the english version? Would need flod's signoff either way.)