Closed Bug 58723 Opened 24 years ago Closed 7 months ago

Should be able to download a plug-in as a file

Categories

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

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Installer: XPInstall Engine
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: tgodouet, Unassigned)

Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-15mdk i686; en-US; m18) Gecko/20001027 BuildID: 20001027 I think we should be able to download a plug-in as a file or an exe file, in order to be able to install it over several Mozillas without downloading it each time we install a new machine with Mozilla, or get the last version. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Actual Results: Expected Results:
Perhaps a "Save to file" button in addition to the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons in the xpi installation confirmation dialog?
Per discussion in the IRC chatroom and with Boris Zbarsky, I am confirming this. Downloading a plugin at each update is too heavy. Fabian.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Moving to future.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Target Milestone: --- → Future
this is probably an xpinstall issue, in regard to the addition of a "download and save" button
Assignee: av → greggl
Priority: P3 → --
Target Milestone: Future → ---
Assignee: greggl → nobody
QA Contact: shrir → plugins
Component: Plug-ins → Installer: XPInstall Engine
QA Contact: plugins → xpi-engine
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 months ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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