Software Update:Tasklist

Software Update "Feature Complete" Task List

Darin Fisher

• Mac Updater UI (spawn callback, quit app loop)
• Win32 registry "healing" after update (necessary when we change product name or bump version from 1.0+ to 1.1)
• Make restarter work properly (have temporary solution checked in)
• Tune Downloader (this may involve giving AUS a way to control bandwidth)
• Deal with conditionally updating optional components: DOM inspector, talkback, etc. (See bug 299021)

Ben Goodger

• [b1] major memory leak on balsa
• [a2] UI weirdness
• [a2] prompt on patch application error/install success
• [a2] comprehensive system test
• [a2] failover to complete download on patch application failure
• pretty up history list
• make update history list not show multiple entries for single updates
• make update history list not show zombie entries
• remove "More Details>>" button from notification page
• Administration locking
• Fix pause/resume UI updating
• user accepts license once then download begins, app quits, user must accept license again on next check
• Fix downloading page to show secs remaining, update within first few seconds, show ??.? for KBRate before determination
• Finish notification page (incompatible extensions)
• Edge case UI - transfer failure, etc.
• update service must clean out failed or applied updates!
• ensure randomness of update checking / timer firing
• update window should be dependent
• ensure we aren't sending spurious pings/downloads
• Resurrect verification of partial failover to complete

ETA - ~2 working days

Mike Morgan

• AUS Lite server app development
• sample update URL to use in about:config

Chase Phillips

alpha 2

• track build config changes by others here fixing blockers and ensure build systems mirror changes
• ensure mirrors treat .mar as binary file (publish as application/octet-stream)

alpha 2 + 2 weeks

• package update and integrate build systems with AUS
  • Firefox
    1. ensure systems are notifying AUS
       • Fx-Windows... Windows example
       • Fx-Linux... Linux example
       • Fx-Mac... Mac example
    2. verify client update works end-to-end with sample app.update.url URL
  • Thunderbird
    1. ensure systems are notifying AUS
       • Tb-Windows... Windows example
       • Tb-Linux... Linux example
       • Tb-Mac... Mac example
• investigate unset TARGET_XPCOM_ABI on atlantia
  1. Is this a general issue with Mac OS X PowerPC? Hopefully not.
  2. Bug on file with fix pending landing once approval granted

Benjamin Smedberg

• MAR using packages-static