My thoughts on this. I have been doing MSI and AppV-packaging for appx 15 years or so now and the applications which can't be repackaged or has been restricted (usually from a support perspective) when talking to the vendor is counted on my fingers of my two hands. Repackaging Firefox in MSI or AppV is probably one of the easiest things you can do, it doesn't require any specific high level packaging skills. I do however agree that packaging is an art when it comes to the more complex application installers.
Every larger business I've come across so far here in Sweden does repackaging of Firefox to AppV or MSI and distributes it via GPO or SCCM, that extra cost could be eliminated for them by having a standardized package. If anyone in the FF-team wants help with guidelines on how to package etc then please let me know and I can help out. Mvh Martin Gustafsson H & M HENNES & MAURITZ AB. IT DEPARTMENT. ÅRSTAÄNGSVÄGEN 13. SE-106 38 STOCKHOLM. SWEDEN. PHONE: +46 8 5780 7478 CELL: +46 703 894509 From: Enterprise [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wolf, Daniel Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 7:00 PM 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]] On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:54 AM To: Bradley Amm <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; [email protected]<mailto:[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]] On Behalf Of Bradley Amm Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 02:19 To: [email protected]<mailto:[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. The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. Any unauthorized use, printing, copying, disclosure or dissemination of this communication may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you think that you have received this e-mail message in error, please reply to the sender and delete this message from your computer.
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