Hi,

the advertised way to transition into extensions that provide a secure
update path does not appear to work in FF3.0b4.

I implemented secure updates using spock, and tested this
implementation. It works fine, both in FF2.0 and FF3.0b4, if I
manually go to Tools -> Add-On -> Check for updates.

However, when I start FF3.0b4 for the first time, the following happens:
FF3.0b4 detects that the installed extension is non-compliant; offers
to check for updates (why, btw, does the user have to click here?
Previous FF updates, to my knowledge, checked unprompted.)

I check for updates, it finds an update, I install it, the
installation appears to succeed, however, when I restart FF3.0b4, the
extension is still disabled. [ If I subsequently go to Tools->Add-Ons
and check for updates, it'll find the update, install it, and
reactivate it on the following restart. ]

Clearly, this is not uninterrupted service. I'm wondering if I am
doing something wrong - has anybody else tested this important
scenario and found it to work?

Thanks!

 - Godmar

[1] For those who want to test it:
http://libx.org/editions/5C/FB/5CFB7B98.1/libx-5CFB7B98.xpi
(this is a build of libx.mozdev.org code, see libx.org)
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