[Bug 1425972]

[Mh+mozilla]

(In reply to noitidart from comment #85)
> (In reply to Mike Hommey [:glandium] from comment #84)
> > (In reply to noitidart from comment #83)
> > > (In reply to Mike Hommey [:glandium] from comment #82)
> > > > Comment on attachment 8573128
> > > > Backout the part that removed -remote
> > > > 
> > > > Approval Request Comment: See comment 64
> > > > 
> > > > Considering how late we are in the beta cycle, it's more reasonable to get
> > > > this on 37. 38 will get the alternative approach.
> > > 
> > > Aw darn are you sure we can't land it in 36? Then for backwards
> > > compatability addons have to work in an exception for just FF36. :( And I
> > > know software like Notepad++ and other softwares won't add in an exception
> > > for FF36. It will impact ESR when it gets to FF36 for the longest amount of
> > > time.
> > > 
> > > Just sharing my thoughts on some ways it hurts if we cant get it into FF36
> > > but I appreciate you guys bringing it back, even if it doesnt get to FF36.
> > 
> > Do you mean 38 everywhere you wrote 36? Do you also mean that notepad++ on
> > windows is actually using the -remote option? And what addons are you
> > talking about? Addons should not care about Firefox command line.
> 
> No man I was hoping for FF36 :( I'm addon dev and I use this command line.

-remote was restored in 36.0.1 already. But maybe you're still talking
about comment 80? In which case, it is not related to this bug.

> Yep Notepad++ when you do preview in webbrowser it wont open.

I just tested, and it works. Also, Notepad++ doesn't use -remote, it
just invokes "firefox.exe edited-file-name".

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  Firefox no longer supports -remote parameter

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