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Software Update:updates.xml Format

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<updates>
<update type="minor" version="1.0.4" extensionVersion="1.0.4"
detailsURL="http://www.foo.com/1.0.4/whatsnew.html">
<patch type="partial" URL="http://www.foo.com/1.0.4-partial.mar"
</update>
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<update type="major" version="1.1.2" extensionVersion="1.1.2"
detailsURL="http://www.foo.com/1.1.2/whatsnew.html">
<patch type="complete" URL="http://www.foo.com/1.1.2-complete.mar"
<tr><td valign="top">'''type'''</td><td><code>major</code> or <code>minor</code>. Major updates are for major application number revs, minor for security releases or incremental updates. ('''Note:''' client side support for major updates is new to the MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH.)</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">'''version'''</td><td>A string in FVF format advertising the version of this application update.</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">'''extensionVersion'''</td><td>A string in FVF format advertising the version of the extension API that this application update supplies. If it is "less" than the current version of your app, the update will not be considered available.</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">'''detailsURL'''</td><td>A URL string to a web page with more information about the specified update. For minor releases, this URL appears as a link (with text like "View more information about this update") in the UI shown to the user when they are presented with the option to upgrade. '''New for MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH:''' For major releases, this URL is loaded "in line" in the UI shown to the user when they are presented with the option to upgrade. See [[Software_Update:HowToTestMajorUpdateUI]] for how to test this.</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">'''licenseURL'''</td><td>'''New for MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH:''' A URL string to a web page with additional license terms that need to be accepted before the update can be installed (optional, do NOT provide it if this is going to be empty). '''Note:''' this attribute is only heeded for major releases. For minor releases, this attribute is ignored by the client. For major releases, this URL is loaded "in line" in the UI shown to the user when they are presented with the option to upgrade. See [[Software_Update:HowToTestMajorUpdateUI]] for how to test this.</td></tr>

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