Closed Bug 24412 Opened 26 years ago Closed 1 years ago

Extract install script to memory, avoid temporary file

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Installer: XPInstall Engine, enhancement, P3)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Installer: XPInstall Engine
Platform:
All
Other
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: dveditz, Assigned: slogan)

References

Details

The nsIZipReader interface now supports a stream API. We no longer have to extract to a file and then read the file into memory to give to the JS engine, then delete the file -- instead we can extract it directly into the memory buffer. This may help a bit with Mac performance especially.
Assignee: cathleen → sgehani
Target Milestone: M14
sounds great! Samir, would you be interested in making this change?
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Sure.
Target Milestone: M14 → M17
Resetting target field for missed milestones
Target Milestone: M17 → ---
Nominating.
Assignee: sgehani → syd
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Keywords: nsbeta1
Blocks: 104166
Keywords: nsbeta1
Keywords: nsbeta1+
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla0.9.8
Severity: normal → enhancement
Keywords: nsbeta1, nsbeta1+ → nsbeta1-
Target Milestone: mozilla0.9.8 → Future
QA Contact: jimmykenlee → xpi-engine
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 1 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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