764201 - Need the ability to remap assets that are stored in the appcache

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Lucas Adamski [:ladamski]]

For apps that are hosted by the app store, we need the ability to remap their origin from the marketplace to their original when/after we add them to the app cache.

1) Scenario store is hosting an app that is "homed" in https://myapp.com/coolapp
2) Marketplace downloads app from https://myapp.com/coolapp/v1, reviews and approves it, and hosts it on https://coolapp.marketplace-apps.org
3) At installation time, the client downloads the assets from https://coolapp.marketplace-apps.org, but needs them to behave as though their location is under https://myapp.com/coolapp

This means we need to be able to override the origin store for each asset in an appcache.

Comment 1

[Jose Manuel Cantera]

Would that app be updated from the app store or from its 'home' site?

Comment 2

[Lucas Adamski [:ladamski]]

Potentially either.  This makes it possible to update an app from anywhere (so long as its authenticated) without requiring the app to be aware of that.

Comment 3

[Andrew Overholt [:overholt]]

This blocks bug 764194 which in turn blocks bug 764189 which Lucas has nominated as a basecamp blocker so I'm nominating this, too.

Comment 4

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

I think this is WONTFIX. We should instead implement the app:// protocol which won't use the appcache at all

Comment 5

[jmcanterafonseca]

app protocol? that's new to me. Is there any bug or document that describes what it is intended to be implemented?

Comment 6

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

See https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/mozilla.dev.webapps/hnCzm2RcX5o