1832711 - Using dependencySubstitutions for GV causing 2 dependencies and broken indexing

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android :: General, defect)

Description

[Zac McKenney [:zmckenney]]

After the monorepo migration, when attempting to use local GV in Fenix indexing does not work properly and will often not show changes made in local GV. This is due to an unknown dependency pulling the nightly GV along with the local GV (which is part of a larger investigation currently happening). Using a local Maven fixes the issue and Fenix will only have 1 GV dependency.

Due to future changes to the monorepo and GV dependencies which may fix this issue, I recommend we update the readme for showing developers how to use local maven instead of dependencySubstitution.

Comment 1

[Zac McKenney [:zmckenney]]

Fixing and updating the current doc for substitutions and linking that in the readme is probably the best approach:
fenix/docs/substituting-local-ac-and-gv.md

Comment 2

[BMO Github Automation]

Attachment: [mozilla-mobile/firefox-android] Bug 1832711 - Update readme and docs for how to use local GV in Fenix (#2004)

Comment 3

[BMO Github Automation]

Authored by Zac McKenney
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android/commit/10da214ab14945500bdbfd644a1bfbd3926d7cac
[main] Bug 1832711 - Update readme and docs for how to use local GV in Fenix

Comment 4

[Adina Petridean QA [:apetridean]]

Hello Zac,

Is QA verification needed for this issue? If so, could you please provide us with some steps to reproduce (STR) or testing scenarios?

Thank you!

Comment 5

[Mira Lobontiu (Android QA)]

There is no need for QA verification here.
I'll remove the qe-verify+ flag.