Closed Bug 5107 Opened 25 years ago Closed 24 years ago

[feature] installer doesn't retain build dates

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect, P3)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Installer
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: paulmac, Assigned: samir_bugzilla)

References

Details

When you use the installer, it sets the last modified date on all files as the
time they are installed. We need them to show the date the files were built, so
we can keep tracking of builds better, as is done with 4.x.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
This might be a problem with sdinst.dll.  I'll have to check.
Component: XPInstall → Install Wizard
set target milestone to M15 (or B2)
move to Install Wizard component
This is a bug with SmartDownload's uncompression routine.  Prepending "SD:" to
the summary field.
This is a bug with SmartDownload's uncompression routine.  Prepending "SD:" to
the summary field.
Blocks: 11020
Summary: SD: installer doesn't retain build dates → installer doesn't retain build dates
Target Milestone: M11
Setting target milestone to m11.  This should be in for Beta1 (if possible).

This is no longer a SmartDownload issue because the wizard now decompresses .xpi
files.  I'm investigating to see in which part of the seamonkey code this should
be implemented.  After talking to Dan, this might fall into the nsFileSpec()
category.
Summary: installer doesn't retain build dates → [feature] installer doesn't retain build dates
(Why is this bug "Netscape Confidential"?)

Libjar currently does the extraction and is not using nsFileSpec. Should it?
There are arguments that everyone should, but also counter arguments (screws up
"standalone" use for one thing). Anyway, libjar *does* have the time info
stored.
And why is this a "feature"? I guess it's something that's unimplemented, but
I'd hardly call it a feature.
Group: netscapeconfidential?
This bug was "Netscape Confidential" because it belonged to SmartDownload.  I'm
unsetting this now.
Target Milestone: M11 → M15
setting target milestone to M15, per today's meeting.

it would be nice to have for beta 1, but not required.
Depends on: 12368
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
OS: Windows 95 → Windows 98
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
OS: Windows 98 → Windows 95
This bug was stomped all over by rudiklm@indosat.net.id; I am undoing the
damage.
Status: REOPENED → ASSIGNED
Resolution: FIXED → ---
Assignee: ssu → sgehani
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
I'm reassigning this to sgehani per our previous conversation.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
*** Bug 28692 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Fixes checked in.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago → 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
This needs to be verified separately for all platforms.  Changing platform and 
OS fields to reflect the same.
OS: Windows 95 → All
Hardware: PC → All
Adding myself to Cc.
checked three platforms- files retaining build dates Win 2000040610/Mac 
2000040508/Linux 2000040610
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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