speedup run by validating only once

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           workflow: ant.yml
           if_no_artifact_found: fail
       # remove .zip file extension
-      - run: for f in *.zip; do mv "$f" "${f%.zip}"; done
+      - run: for f in *.zip; do unzip "$f"; rm "$f"; done
       - run: echo "" | tee -a CHANGES.md
       - run: echo "## Checksums" | tee -a CHANGES.md
       - run: echo "" | tee -a CHANGES.md
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ jobs:
       - run: sha256sum * | tee -a CHANGES.md
       - run: echo '```' | tee -a CHANGES.md
       - run: echo "" | tee -a CHANGES.md
-      - run: echo '```' | tee -a changelog.txt
-      - run: file * | tee -a changelog.txt
-      - run: echo '```' | tee -a changelog.txt
-      - run: echo "" | tee -a changelog.txt
+      - run: echo '```' | tee -a CHANGES.md
+      - run: file * | tee -a CHANGES.md
+      - run: echo '```' | tee -a CHANGES.md
+      - run: echo "" | tee -a CHANGES.md
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:

src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PCommonBrowser.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class I2PCommonBrowser {
   private Properties prop = new Properties();
   public Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("browserlauncher");
   private FileHandler fh;
+  private boolean validated = false;
   int CONFIGURED_TIMEOUT = 200;
 
   public I2PCommonBrowser() {
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ public class I2PCommonBrowser {
    * @return None No return value.
    */
   public void validateUserDirectory() {
+    if (validated)
+      return;
     logger.info("Validating user directory");
     String userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
     String userHome = System.getProperty("user.home");
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ public class I2PCommonBrowser {
       logger.info(defaultPathFile.getAbsolutePath());
     }
     System.setProperty("user.dir", defaultPathFile.getAbsolutePath());
+    validated = true;
   }
 
   /**