I've had the discussion about MSIs at least a dozen times internally.. Lots of people have tried, but chances of success are super super low, so no, I wouldn't expect to ever see one. But we can hope.
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 at 18:11 Haley, Matthew T. <[email protected]> wrote: > Highly unlikely indeed – the bug requesting it has been open for over 12 > years now, there’s been a couple of official attempts to get it working but > it’s never panned out: > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231062 > > > > > > *From:* Enterprise [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Wolf, > Daniel > *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2016 11:00 AM > *To:* [email protected]; Bradley Amm; [email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Legit Firefox MSI > > > > Mozilla is highly unlikely to develop an MSI-based installer. > > > > We used to deploy software exclusively in self-built MSIs, but unless you > are required to use Group Policy, we’ve found this is a poor practice. We > now use the native, fully supported distribution method, which is often EXE. > > > > Packaging MSIs is an art, it’s a huge overhead and risk to do it yourself > especially when it comes to patching in the future, and developers often > include weird actions in their EXE installers you can’t just capture with a > registry/filesystem diff. > > > > Additionally, repackaging software is often against the EULA. > > > > Just some thoughts. > > > Regards, > > Daniel Wolf > > > > *From:* Enterprise [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of * > [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:54 AM > *To:* Bradley Amm <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Legit Firefox MSI > > > > Hello, > > > > The MSI installation technology is not mandatory for SCCM : We deploy > Firefox ESR with an SCCM package using the.exe installer. Our installation > script mainly launches the command “Firefox Setup 38.7.0esr.exe –ms”. It > works to install for the 1st time but also to update an existing Firefox > (Very quick installation or update: not like MSI…) > > > > For corporate settings we have another SCCM package using some corporate > internal tools (.vbs scripts) so that we can set or reset all user > profiles on all machines. > > > > This way the main Firefox installation/update package is very easy to > update: just change the Firefox Setup xx.x.xesr.exe and re-deploy it. > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Enterprise [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Bradley Amm > *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2016 02:19 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Mozilla Enterprise] Legit Firefox MSI > > > > Hello Guys and Girls > > > > Is there an Official repo of MSI’s to deploy Firefox with via SCCM. > > > > Our official policy is to get MSI’s from the software maker direct instead > of using third party sites or makers so using MSI’s downloaded from Front > Motion won’t be allowed on our network due to concerns with Virus/Malware > etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations > confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc > > pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu > ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler > > a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages > electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, > > Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou > falsifie. Merci. > > > > This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged > information that may be protected by law; > > they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. > > If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete > this message and its attachments. > > As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that have been > modified, changed or falsified. > > Thank you. > > > > ============================================================================ > > This message contains information which may be confidential and > privileged. Unless you are the addressee (or authorized to receive for the > addressee), you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone the message or any > information contained in the message. If you have received the message in > error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail [email protected], and > delete the message. > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" -- Tom Farrow Community Web Services Mozilla
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