AMO:Projects/ACR

Add-on Compatibility Reporter

The ACR is an extension for Firefox and Thunderbird that lets you enable add-ons that are not compatible with the current version you are using. You can report whether add-ons are compatible or not. Mozilla will collect these reports and inform add-on developers of the status.

Specification

For full details, see the spec.

Installation

1. Install the extension from here
2. When testing against preview, go to about:config and change extensions.acr.amo_host to preview.addons.mozilla.org

Report Viewing

To view submitted reports, just go to the Report Viewer or Report Viewer preview and enter the add-on's GUID or AMO ID. To see a sample of submitted reports, go here.

Open Bugs

Open Bugs here. Add-on bugs typically have [ACR] or [ACR Extension] in the summary line.

Release Process

Here are the steps needed for a release to go out:

1. All bugs fixed have to have the correct Target Milestone in Bugzilla
2. Mark fixed bugs as FIXED
3. Briks will post a test build
4. Henrik Skupin will test bugs in the milestone bucket
5. If go ahead is given, upload the XPI to AMO.
6. If issues are reopened, either fix them and return to step 1, or push out to the next release and go ahead and release anyway.

Blog Posts

• Lifehacker : Add-On Compatibility Reporter Enables Incompatible Firefox Extensions, Reports If Still Not Working, February 16, 2010
• Improving the Compatibility Reporter, December 16th, 2009
• Announcing the Add-on Compatibility Reporter, October 22nd, 2009

Contacts

• Project Manager: Justin Scott
• Development: Briks Software - Brian King and David McNamara.