503341 - Set proper values for aus, dist_id, id, etc in repack.cfg and distribution.ini

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Websites Graveyard :: byob.mozilla.com, defect)

Description

[Les Orchard [:lorchard]]

> * What should I use for the aus="" property in the repack.cfg file? Currently using {profile_name}_{repack_short_name}

Same as the value for * in app.partner.*=* Currently this value is not used by the repack script, and is more for identification of the repack.cfg file.

> * What should I use for the dist_id="" property in the repack.cfg file? Currently using {profile_name}_{repack_short_name}

Same as the value of "id" from the [Global] section of the repacks distribution.ini. Currently this value is not used by the repack script, and is more for identification of the repack.cfg file. 

> * How would Active Daily Users be counted?  Not familiar with how Mozilla gathers metrics like that.

We calculate this from blocklist pings from the browser. The default version of firefox sends blocklist queries once every 24 hours to:

https://addons.mozilla.org/blocklist/3/%APP_ID%/%APP_VERSION%/%PRODUCT%/%BUILD_ID%/%BUILD_TARGET%/%LOCALE%/%CHANNEL%/%OS_VERSION%/%DISTRIBUTION%/%DISTRIBUTION_VERSION%/

%CHANNEL% is set by the browser as "release-cck-<app.partner.*>"

%DISTRIBUTION% is set by the browser from the
value of "id" from the [Global] section of the repacks distribution.ini.

%DISTRIBUTION_VERSION% is set by the browser from the
value of "version" from the [Global] section of the repacks distribution.ini.

Comment 1

[Kev Needham [:kev]]

For reference as well, a sample distribution.ini exists at:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Distribution_INI_File

Comment 2

[Les Orchard [:lorchard]]

I think this is fixed with r29679