506719 - remove support for NS_WIN_JRE_SCAN_KEY

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 583566

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Josh Aas]

We should stop doing an explicit search for Java plugins in Firefox 4. We would like to treat all NPAPI plugins equally, removing Java as a special case is an important step. The Firefox 4 target allows Java plugin vendors to update their installers.

(Side note: we should also remove special UI for disabling Java and have users simply use the addons manager to disable/enable Java plugins).

Comment 1

[Josh Aas]

Attachment: fix v1.0

Comment 2

[Josh Aas]

Java plugin vendors should follow the registry-based solution outlined here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Plugins/The_First_Install_Problem

Comment 3

[Josh Aas]

Changing summary to reflect a Gecko 1.9.3 target, need Sun to tell us what the first version of Java that will not require us to check Java-specific registry keys is.

Comment 4

[Calvin Cheung]

Sun (became Oracle) has implemented the registry-based solution which is currently scheduled to be in JRE 6 update 21 release.

We'd like to get a Firefox version which implements the registry based solution for testing our fix.

Comment 5

[Josh Aas]

Attachment: fix v1.1

Comment 6

[Josh Aas]

We probably shouldn't do this in Gecko 1.9.3. Lets do it in whatever comes after Gecko 1.9.3.

Comment 7

[Ed Morley [:emorley]]

Is this still wanted? The patch has been rotted by http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8b86086e5f0e ; would it help if I updated it?

Comment 8

[Josh Aas]

We want this patch, but not yet. Maybe in six months.