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Revision as of 02:09, 28 April 2011
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* The current feature outline leverages the Windows installer which will only work on Windows whereas by locking down the installation directory further than it already is will provide benefit to all platforms. | * The current feature outline leverages the Windows installer which will only work on Windows whereas by locking down the installation directory further than it already is will provide benefit to all platforms. | ||
** On Mac, this already happens. When you drag a newly downloaded Firefox into the Applications folder, it replaces the existing one. On linux, I think the same is true, if you untar our folder into another one, it replaces everything. | ** On Mac, this already happens. When you drag a newly downloaded Firefox into the Applications folder, it replaces the existing one. On linux, I think the same is true, if you untar our folder into another one, it replaces everything. | ||
** True for Mac but not true for Linux. Also, locking down will work all of the time (e.g. during an app update or an install). | *** True for Mac but not true for Linux. Also, locking down will work all of the time (e.g. during an app update or an install). : [[User:Robert Strong|Robert Strong]] 19:09, 27 April 2011 (PDT) | ||
* In the future we will have both a Windows NSIS installer and a Windows MSI installer so implementing this in the installer will require two separate implementations. | * In the future we will have both a Windows NSIS installer and a Windows MSI installer so implementing this in the installer will require two separate implementations. | ||
** Ok. | ** Ok. | ||