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Remove mention of the outdated GoFaster program - it's just System Addons now.
(With Addon releases happening once per cycle, it's unreasonable to keep track of every release (already 25 at the time of writing this). We have Bugzilla bugs and Git tags for the releases, which are already part of the process.) |
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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
The WebCompat | The WebCompat System add-on proposes to provide a site patching mechanism for Firefox users. A site patch is defined as an origin- or path-scoped block of JavaScript that runs in the context of a web page. | ||
By using the go faster system add-ons infrastructure and delivery mechanism, we can add and remove top web property site patches via out of band updates (i.e., not tied to the release train cadence). The intention is to provide a means to fix urgent issues until outreach efforts are successful, or until platform bugs or regressions are shipping in release builds as fixed. | By using the go faster system add-ons infrastructure and delivery mechanism, we can add and remove top web property site patches via out of band updates (i.e., not tied to the release train cadence). The intention is to provide a means to fix urgent issues until outreach efforts are successful, or until platform bugs or regressions are shipping in release builds as fixed. | ||