Closed Bug 312937 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Make RSS a default component in the installer

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Installer, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED FIXED
Thunderbird1.1

People

(Reporter: mscott, Assigned: mscott)

Details

(Keywords: fixed1.8)

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Currently it's a user removeaable option. Unfortunately this breaks software update if the user chooses to not install RSS. Optional installer components need to be treated as application extensions (like what we did for talkback and dom inspector in 1.5). That's too risky for 1.5 For now, just force installation of RSS, hiding the option from the UI.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Target Milestone: --- → Thunderbird1.1
We know the msg hdr for the first new message in a folder, it's a property on nsIMsgfolder: readonly attribute nsIMsgDBHdr firstNewMessage; that should help.
Attached patch the fix (deleted) — Splinter Review
by forcing RSS installation and not letting users choose to not install it, we avoid a nasty software update problem where software update would never work for users who opted out of the newsblog component.
Attachment #200275 - Flags: superreview?(bienvenu)
Attachment #200275 - Flags: superreview?(bienvenu) → superreview+
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Keywords: fixed1.8
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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