Closed Bug 798618 Opened 12 years ago Closed 11 years ago

stub installer should be buildable on its own

Categories

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Installer
Version:
18 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: bhearsum, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [stub-]) 

In order to build a stub installer, we have to build the entirety of --enable-application=browser. This takes a very long time. Stub installer is its own product, and should be buildable on its own. We should be able to give it its own CI/release systems, too.
As long as we have all the build time config set that is needed the same as we do for l10n then this isn't a problem... it needs many of the same ones as the regular installer so it was added to that part of the build.
How would we go about building it, assuming that? Eg, which makefile targets?
We have make installer in browser/installer/windows. It could be make stubinstaller in the same dir.
Whiteboard: [stub-]
Ben, given the above in that we need build config settings and that we haven't needed this ability now that we have the stub building on more than just nightly is this still needed and if so for what scenario? Thanks
Flags: needinfo?(bhearsum)
(In reply to Robert Strong [:rstrong] (do not email) from comment #4)
> Ben, given the above in that we need build config settings and that we
> haven't needed this ability now that we have the stub building on more than
> just nightly is this still needed and if so for what scenario? Thanks

Looks like it's less of an issue now. I can still see an argument for treating it as a separate thing, but I don't think there's anything pressing the need for that. I'm fine to close this bug if you want.
Flags: needinfo?(bhearsum)
Thanks Ben
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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