939051 - UI to run GCLI commands against remote devices

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(DevTools Graveyard :: Graphic Commandline and Toolbar, defect, P3)

Description

[Anthony Ricaud (:rik)]

If we want people to develop offline apps, we should help them use appcache. And a first step is to allow clearing appcache.

Comment 1

[Mike Ratcliffe [:miker] [:mratcliffe] [:mikeratcliffe]]

For the moment you can use the "connect" command in the Firefox Command Line (shift + F2):

connect fxOS
fxOS appcache clear

Incidentally, the following command line appcache commands exist:
- appcache clear
- appcache list
- appcache validate
- appcache viewentry

Comment 2

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

Mike, you're sure about that? I don't think commands are remotely executable. And afaik, Firefox OS doesn't have any commands.

Comment 3

[Mike Ratcliffe [:miker] [:mratcliffe] [:mikeratcliffe]]

(In reply to Paul Rouget [:paul] from comment #2)
> Mike, you're sure about that? I don't think commands are remotely
> executable. And afaik, Firefox OS doesn't have any commands.

You are right, this wouldn't work.

Comment 4

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

Any idea what this could look like?

It needs to be in the toolbox, and it can't be in the main UI (not used often enough).

Comment 5

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

This is more about running commands against any remote device than it is about FxOS specifically.

Comment 6

[Joe Walker [:jwalker]]

Triage. Filter on Lobster Thermidor.
Nice idea, but it's not been worked on in 4 years, and I don't see that the priority of GCLI has increased in that time, so I don't think we need to keep it on file.