[gwt-contrib] Re: Fix Firefox 3.6 devmode plugin infinite install loop. (issue1642803)
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=720175https://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
[gwt-contrib] Re: Fix Firefox 3.6 devmode plugin infinite install loop. (issue1642803)
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. http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/1642803/ -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors
[gwt-contrib] Re: Fix Firefox 3.6 devmode plugin infinite install loop. (issue1642803)
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 http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/1642803/ -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors
[gwt-contrib] Re: Fix Firefox 3.6 devmode plugin infinite install loop. (issue1642803)
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? http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/1642803/ -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors
[gwt-contrib] Re: Fix Firefox 3.6 devmode plugin infinite install loop. (issue1642803)
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 http://gwt-code-reviews.appspot.com/1642803/ -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors
[gwt-contrib] Re: Fix Firefox 3.6 devmode plugin infinite install loop. (issue1642803)
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=720175https://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
