What could I do to help Ubuntu developers accept this 2 lines patch from Debian?
Now there are no way to install Firefox extensions for all users, but this is
critical for schools, other educational institutions and enterprise use,
please, accept 2 lines patch from Debian.
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This bug was fixed in Debian 10 months ago, in Firefox 43, why Ubuntu
developers doesn't accept 2 lines patch, which is accepted in Debian
since December 2015?
iceweasel (43.0-1) experimental; urgency=medium
* New upstream release.
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* toolkit/mozapps/extensions/internal/XPIProvider.jsm:
This bug potentially makes about a dozen extensions packaged for Xenial
completely useless. Of the four I have installed, only the ubufox one
is enabled. The other three are disabled without any means of enabling
them (system-wide).
If this isn't going to be fixed in Ubuntu, I think at least
** Tags added: patch
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Title:
Don't warn about unsigned extension installed via Debian packages
Status in firefox package in
Please accept patch from Debian - there are lots of cases, when system
administrators must install firefox extension for all users, for example
flashblock and adblock are widely used in schools and other educational
institutions, also this is a regression, because all Ubuntu LTS versions
allowed
This is fixed in Debian, why can't we apply the patch in Ubuntu?
@chrisccoulson, could you please provide some reasoning behind "This isn't
something that we're going to be changing in Ubuntu"?
@bdrung, I have the following xul extensions installed:
xul-ext-adblock-plus
This isn't something that we're going to be changing in Ubuntu
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Status: New => Opinion
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Why?
Firefox introduces Tivoization for all extensions (like ubufox) and does
not provide more security. Everyone who can write to
/usr/{lib,share}/mozilla/extensions can probably also modify the system
files of Firefox to introduce malicious code there.
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** Patch added: "Allow-unsigned-addons-in-usr-lib-share-mozilla-exten.patch"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/iceweasel/+bug/1532484/+attachment/4547081/+files/Allow-unsigned-addons-in-usr-lib-share-mozilla-exten.patch
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** Changed in: iceweasel (Debian)
Status: Unknown => Fix Released
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Title:
Don't warn about unsigned extension installed
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