16599 - Need to load per-user registry on top of system registry

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XPCOM, defect, P3)

Description

[Mike Shaver (:shaver -- probably not reading bugmail closely)]

This is required to allow user-installed components to augment or override the
list generated from the system registry.

Comment 1

[Mike Shaver (:shaver -- probably not reading bugmail closely)]

Chris certainly meant to take this one too.  I'm sure of it.

Comment 2

[Dawn Endico]

dp is no longer @netscape.com. reassigning qa contact to default for this component

Comment 3

[John Bandhauer]

I believe the current thinking is not to load multiple registries. But rather,
to build a single registy per for an app that may refer to components in
multiple directories. Registry merging is not part of the picture.

Comment 4

[Mike Shaver (:shaver -- probably not reading bugmail closely)]

Sounds like you're describing multiple system-component directories.  While that
would certainly be useful, it doesn't really address the same problem as this
bug.  How would a non-admin user add a component to such a system?

Comment 5

[Ray Whitmer]

Some components may reside in areas not accessible to the user, but the registry
read and written by autoregistration would have to move to a user-writable area.
 There should be a specified search path to autoregister all components in a
single registry from multiple sources including user-accessible and system
directories.  The first autoregistration might copy a prebuilt registry from a
system directory before autoregistering any differences.  Either there is always
a user-accessible directory within the search path where user installs can be
done, or the user may be permitted to add to the path along which
autoregistration occurs.  The user installs a component either by dropping a
component in a user-accessible dir that is already part of the search path or by
adding to the search path, and then causing autoregistration to be executed.

Comment 6

[Jaime Rodriguez, Jr.]

Confirming topembed- per EDT triage [Note from dougt -- "...outside the scope of
the GRE as I understand it."].