UpdateGeneration

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Update generation

One of the key features of Firefox is the update system that allows Mozilla to push out bug fixes and new features to users automatically.

Current processes

Currently we use two different sets of processes and tools to generate updates for nightly updates and releases.

Nightly updates

nightly builders generate complete MAR using Makefile
upload complete MAR to staging along with build
upload snippet to prometheus-vm(?)
prometheus-vm runs cron script every 5 minutes (patch-packager-cron.sh) that calls patch-packager.pl

Updates for security releases

Updates between major branches (aka major update) =

Proposed new process

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