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Move XPIs to release section

Open KOLANICH opened this issue 6 years ago • 4 comments

1 You will need to rewrite history (there is an app for that), otherwise the wasted space won't be reclaimed. 2 It is not a good idea to store xpis in the repo at all.

KOLANICH avatar Feb 09 '19 08:02 KOLANICH

I will move them to release section later on ;) They will be moved from there anyway

intika avatar Feb 09 '19 09:02 intika

IMHO XPIs should be installed from the files provided by their authors, not the ones stored separately. Extensions are separate products, let's not mix them with the browser. They can be installed by default, but they should be installed not from bundled xpis, but from the ones supplied by their authors. In other words, when a browser creates a new profile, it should ask its user if a user needs the default adddons to be installed, and if the user approves, then the browser should download and install them. Or it may show not a confirm, but a window with checkboxes, one for an addon, all selected by default, and for each addon a description why it was decided to add it into the recommended bundle.

KOLANICH avatar Feb 09 '19 09:02 KOLANICH

Those xpi versions are reviewed, it's why i made a copy there (a reviewed version, code check/review) newer version may add unwanted behavior... but yes this should even be on a different repo/release-section with a similar solution to the one you exposed ;)

intika avatar Feb 09 '19 09:02 intika

Those xpi versions are reviewed

It is good they are reviewed, but you can store only their locations and hashes.

KOLANICH avatar Feb 09 '19 11:02 KOLANICH