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→Timeline: - clarified that retention of signing pref was in 46, and will be removed at a later date.
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* '''Firefox 40-42''': Firefox warns about signatures but doesn't enforce them. | * '''Firefox 40-42''': Firefox warns about signatures but doesn't enforce them. | ||
* '''Firefox 43''': Firefox has a preference that allows signature enforcement to be disabled (''xpinstall.signatures.required'' in about:config). | * '''Firefox 43''': Firefox has a preference that allows signature enforcement to be disabled (''xpinstall.signatures.required'' in about:config). | ||
* '''Firefox 46''': Release and Beta versions of Firefox for Desktop will not allow unsigned extensions to be installed, with no override. Firefox for Android will enforce add-on signing, and will retain a preference to | * '''Firefox 46''': Release and Beta versions of Firefox for Desktop will not allow unsigned extensions to be installed, with no override. Firefox for Android will enforce add-on signing, and will retain a preference — which will be removed in a future release — to allow the user to disable signing enforcement. | ||
The first ESR version to include signing support will be the Firefox ESR 45 release. Signing enforcement will be on by default, and can be disabled using the xpinstall.signatures.required preference. | The first ESR version to include signing support will be the Firefox ESR 45 release. Signing enforcement will be on by default, and can be disabled using the xpinstall.signatures.required preference. | ||