167608 - Update external installer progress bar, if a proxy DLL is found

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

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Comment 1

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Attachment: .

Comment 2

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Attachment: .

progress bar integration test app

Comment 3

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updating cc list

Comment 4

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I was considering marking this bug confidential, which would allow me to attach
some specs. 

However since we are about to add this to the public Mozilla source, I didn't
want to file a commercial-only bug.

Comment 5

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

jbetek, first, you can't mark this bug confidential. Confidential bugs don't
belong in Bugzilla (with the exception of security confidential bugs and this
isn't a security issue). Second, what is this and why is it in Bugzilla at all? 

Comment 6

[timeless]

from the looks of it, the patch affects mozilla code. simply put i hope that the
final patch doesn't include functions whose names contain 'AOL', one possible
replacement is 'External', but i'm sure someone can find a better term.

also you probably meant compliant with AOL spec, not complaint with AOL spec. :-)

Comment 7

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Asa,

this bug is part of the MRE implementation. That's why it's in Bugzilla J

AOL as one of the potential future users of MRE has recognized the need to send
progress bar updates to an external installer. This hasn’t been considered in
the initial design and since any distributor of MRE-dependent apps might have
this need, we could try to come up with a generic solution.

I've posted a functional (read: preliminary) patch we hacked together for AOL.
Unfortunately, I can't really post the specs to aid with the design discussion
since AOL considers them confidential. I’ve posted a test app emulating an
external installer to demonstrate their approach. 

Comment 8

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timeless:

I agree, and there are more typos (e.g. "intergration"); it was a late-night
hack. I very much hope that we'll be able to check in a generic solution along
the lines of AOL's proprietary approach.

Comment 9

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.

Comment 10

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

err
jbetak, could you explain 1) why this is invalid 2) why you changed the patch
descriptions to nothing 3) changed the content-type to text/html which is wrong
as the attachment clearly is not html 4) un-cc'd timeless and alex bishop?

Comment 11

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Christian,

I meant this bug to be confidential, which is no longer possible in Bugzilla.
Subsequent communication indicated that we don't want to have this in the open
and that the bug will be removed from Bugzilla.

We might open a new bug with a sanitized generic external installer integration
spec.

Comment 12

[Grace Bush]

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