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create new base images for 5.0uX train

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • P3
    • 5.0u12
    • 5.0u11
    • install
    • generic
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    Description

      The Windows patcher file for 5.0u9 is now 1954KB compressed. It also
      takes about 42 seconds of install time to patch 5.0->5.0u9. I believe
      this is because we've become more aggressive in Tiger update releases
      than we have been in past releases. I also think this is a result of
      not having a 1.5.1 or 1.5.2 train like we've done in the past.

      So I was wondering what people would think of internally starting a
      1.5.1 release in the installer. We'd create a new baseline of 5.0u9,
      and all future 5.0uX releases would be a patch of 5.0u9->5.0u?. Only
      the installer itself would have knowledge that it is a 1.5.1 release, so
      we won't confuse users or anything. All text and plugin/web start
      clsid's will still be 150, not 151

      I've looked into doing this, and this would initially take the minimum
      download size of 5.0u9 from 9118KB -> 7417KB. It would also take off
      the 42 seconds of the patching part of the installation process. Future
      5.0uX releases would obviously add size and time, but they would likely
      be minimal.

      There is a downside to this approach though. Currently, any users who
      have a 5.0uX release and want to install any new version of 5.0uX will
      only have to download the 1954KB patcher file (as long as they use the
      online installer). If we create a new 5.0u9 baseline, these users will
      have to pay a one-time big price by downloading the full 7417KB JRE for
      updating to any 5.0u9+ release. We'll probably start java-updating
      people to 6uX in the near future, so I don't think this will matter all
      that much. But 5.0uX will be around for many more years, and i think we
      should do something to minimize the size.

      -Bill
      PS. 5.0u9 baseline doesn't necessarily have to be 5.0u9. It could be
      u10 or u11.

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            billyh William Harnois
            billyh William Harnois
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