For the record: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726790
They are not interested in fixing anything pre FF40. -Alan On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Chris Conroy <con...@google.com> wrote: > LGTM > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:55 PM, <acle...@google.com> wrote: > >> On 2012/02/13 22:41:01, conroy wrote: >> >>> On 2012/02/13 22:24:15, acleung wrote: >>> > On 2012/02/13 21:21:54, conroy wrote: >>> > > FYI >>> > > >>> > > can you provide some more context on the problem and why this >>> >> fixes it? >> >>> > > >>> > > Note taht FF has poor handling of switching down between >>> >> incompatible >> >>> versions >>> > > in the same install location. So, if you point 3.6 at a user >>> >> directory that >> >>> > had >>> > > 7 installed, it will ask you to reinstall all your plugins--even >>> >> the >> >>> backwards >>> > > compatible ones. But, if you just have a naked 3.6 install and >>> >> then upgrade, >> >>> > > you're fine. >>> > >>> > >>> > I am actually not really sure myself. I added what I know in the >>> >> comment which >> >>> > basically came from trail-and-error. >>> > >>> > I am going to try opening an issue with them and see what they said. >>> >> I saw a >> >>> few >>> > related issue about infinite restarts that was fixed in later >>> >> version of >> >>> add-on >>> > manager. >>> > >>> > I did all my tests on clean profiles (wiping ~/.mozilla) >>> > >>> > -Alan >>> >> >> FYI >>> >> >> I'm confused why this is a problem for 3.6 *now* though. We aren't >>> >> changing the >> >>> 3.6 binaries, and the spec for the manifest in the XPI changed long >>> >> ago. Is this >> >>> just an issue from that switchover that we are just now aware of? >>> >> >> >> That's correct, we didn't change the binary. However, the validator >> still checks the new install.rdf and probably thinks strictCompatibility >> is an invalid property. >> >> I see a few similar bugs: >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/**show_bug.cgi?id=720175<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=720175> >> >> >> http://gwt-code-reviews.**appspot.com/1642803/<http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/1642803/> >> > > -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors
