Program Management/Programs/Silent Update/2011-11-17

Features

Removal of OS security dialog for Windows

Owner: Brian

Add-ons Default to Compatible

Owner: Blair (client), Wil (AMO)

• 3 client bugs required to complete this feature in Firefox 10
  • bug 695977 Addons shouldn't be compatible by default when their minVersion is greater than the app version
    • Granted Aurora (10) approval
    • Depends on bug 527141 and AMO bug 698355
  • bug 700201 Addons that haven't been updated for an extremely long time should not be compatible by default
    • Granted Aurora (10) approval
    • Discussion started on dev.platform
  • bug 698653 Flip extensions.strictCompatibility pref in Firefox to make addons compatible-by-default
    • Can be enabled once the other two bugs are complete
• 2 AMO bugs required to complete this feature in Firefox 10
  • bug 698355 Add compatMode parameter to VersionCheck.php to allow updating to non-compatible addon versions
  • bug 698358 Add support for new strictCompatibility option in install.rdf

Background updates

Owner: Ehsan

• Implementation complete, ready for testing

New workflow for updating users with incompatible add-ons

Owner: Rob, Chris

• Chris was to follow up with Alex Limi last week about the new button.

QA (Ioana Budnar)

• Complete:
  • Test Plan drafted
• To Do:
  • Continue to revise test plan as feature develops
• Questions:
  • Are the binary add-ons the only ones that should be listed in the prompt about unsupported add-ons?
  • When the user chooses to continue with the update and ignore the incompatible add-ons, are those add-ons simply disabled, or are they removed from Firefox?
  • Does "not now" suppress the dialog until the next add-on update, next Firefox update, next day, or download the update in the background?

Getting the word out

• Ehsan's blog post was published on his blog and on The Future of Firefox Blog.