On 9/25/10 6:53 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 9/23/10 5:11 PM, David E. Ross wrote: >>> On launching SeaMonkey, I saw a popup informing me that an update to one >>> of my installed add-ons is now available. The message did not say which >>> of 8 add-ons has the update. I consider the failure to identify which >>> add-on has a new update to be a serious problem. >>> >>> I went to the Web sites of all of them. For 7 of them, I can tell there >>> is no new updates. >>> >>> For the DOM Inspector, the Web page at >>> <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/> does not display a version >>> number. This add-on was installed with SeaMonkey itself. I did not >>> request it; I don't know how to use it; and I'm not sure I want it. >>> >>> Below is a list of my SeaMonkey add-ons with their version numbers. Can >>> anyone tell me which one has a newer version? >>> >>> Extensions (enabled: 8) >>> * Adblock Plus 1.2.2 (http://adblockplus.org/) >>> * DOM Inspector 2.0.4 (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/) >>> * Flashblock 1.3.16 (http://flashblock.mozdev.org/) >>> * Live HTTP headers 0.16 >>> * PrefBar 5.1.1 (http://prefbar.mozdev.org/) >>> * Preserve Download Modification Timestamp 2010.09.12.18 >>> * Show Password On Input 0.1.3 >>> (https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/6143/) >>> * ShowIP 0.8.19 (http://code.google.com/p/firefox-showip/) >>> >> >> I submitted bug report #599199 regarding the failure to identify the >> add-on in the notification. That bug report was closed as Invalid >> because, in a pending "upgrade" of Add-ons Manager, the notification >> will no longer appear. See >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599199>. >> > I have the feeling someone didn't understand your original bug, saying "We > won't > fix it, that code is gone" when you are seeing that behavior on the current > shipping version is a pretty good indication of that. > >> As I understand, users will have one of two choices: >> >> * The Add-ons Manager will both automatically detect updates to >> installed add-ons, download them, and install them. >> >> or >> >> * Updates will be neither detected, downloaded, nor installed. >> >> That is, automatic detection will no longer be possible without >> automatic installation. >> >> Can someone either verify this or tell me where I have this wrong? >> > As long as the manual check doesn't suddenly start installing updates without > asking, at least you have a path to do what you want. But having an automatic > check and notify is really the preferred behavior, you don't want to do > updates > without asking, as it changes the behavior in some cases. >
What you say is true, but it doesn't answer my question. What is really being implemented in the pending Add-ons Manager? -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
