FYI, Godmar opened a bug about this: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424107
----- Original Message ---- > From: Godmar Back <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mozdev Project Owners List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:53:45 PM > Subject: [Project_owners] migration path for non-compliant extensions from > FF2 to FX3 does not work as advertised > > 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) > _______________________________________________ > Project_owners mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Project_owners mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners
