When a version is deleted on AMO, is it still mentioned in the version history? (ie. Version 2.0.1 was deleted by the developer on 8/26/12) Is a public version history planned for Marketplace?
On 9/10/12 10:25 AM, "Rob Hudson" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi All, > >I've been working on adding packaged app support to the Marketplace. So >far I've been using AMO as the "spec" but thought I'd bring up how AMO >handles disabled apps and deleted versions as it may impact the update >service and also Firefox OS. > >Disabled by User: > >AMO allows the developer to disable and re-enable their add-on at any >time. This removes it from any of our queries so it no longer appears in >searches or other public listings. When the add-on is disabled by the >user, it also removes it from the update service and returns an empty RDF >document. I bring this up since we allow the same on Marketplace at the >moment and this case should be taken into consideration as we develop the >update service. I'm also curious how Firefox OS will deal with this case >but would assume similar to Firefox, which will continue to allow the >add-on to work locally but it will stop receiving updates until the >developer re-enables it. > >Version Deletion: > >AMO allows the developer to delete a version at any time, regardless of >approval status. The reasoning behind this I've heard is to keep the >developer in full control of their code and add-ons. When the developer >deletes a version this also deletes the associated files with that >version and also the associated reviews with that version. The update >service would start returning the prior approved version in this case -- >e.g. if versions 1.0 and 1.1 existed before and the developer deletes >version 1.1, the update service would return version 1.0. I'm told that >Firefox refuses to downgrade add-ons to a lesser version. > >I haven't yet coded version deletion for Marketplace yet, but am working >on it this week. If it is developed the same as AMO I think the above >case is important to take into consideration as we develop the update >service and test on Firefox OS. If this should change in any way, please >let me know. > >Thanks, >Rob >_______________________________________________ >dev-webapps mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps _______________________________________________ dev-webapps mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-webapps
