TestEngineering/UI/AMO/AddonCompatibleByDefault

Compatible by default

• As majority of add-ons work from one version to the next without the need for developer maintenance, Firefox will mark addons compatible with new versions of Firefox by default, except for the following:
  • All binary add-ons
  • All strict incompatible add-ons
  • All blacklisted add-ons

• The Feature is planned for Firefox 10. Implementation has started on Firefox 10

The feature can be enabled by setting the "extensions.strictCompatibility" preference to false in about:config.

Settings

In your about:config settings, hange the following setting in your about:config
extensions.update.url to

Settings for Firefox:

https://addons.allizom.org/update/VersionCheck.php?reqVersion=%REQ_VERSION%&id=%ITEM_ID%&version=%ITEM_VERSION%&maxAppVersion=%ITEM_MAXAPPVERSION%&status=%ITEM_STATUS%&appID=%APP_ID%&appVersion=%APP_VERSION%&appOS=%APP_OS%&appABI=%APP_ABI%&locale=%APP_LOCALE%&currentAppVersion=%CURRENT_APP_VERSION%&updateType=%UPDATE_TYPE%

Settings for Fennec:

To test update on the staging server, change the following setting in your about:config
extensions.update.url to

https://addons.allizom.org/update/VersionCheck.php?reqVersion=%REQ_VERSION%&id=%ITEM_ID%&version=%ITEM_VERSION%&maxAppVersion=%ITEM_MAXAPPVERSION%&status=%ITEM_STATUS%&appID=%APP_ID%&appVersion=%APP_VERSION%&appOS=%APP_OS%&appABI=%APP_ABI%&locale=%APP_LOCALE%&currentAppVersion=%CURRENT_APP_VERSION%&updateType=%UPDATE_TYPE%

Status

Feature	Status	Lead engineer	QA Lead	Status
Add-ons Default To Compatible	In Progress	Rob Hudson	Krupa Raj	In Progress

Usecase Scenarios:

testcase 1: Check that add-ons are compatible by default while upgrading: Firefox 3.6 to Firefox 10

testcase 2: Check that add-ons are compatible by default while upgrading: Firefox 4.0.1 to Firefox 10

testcase 3: Check that add-ons are compatible by default while upgrading: Firefox 5 to Firefox 10

testcase 4: Check that add-ons are compatible by default while upgrading: Firefox 6 to Firefox 10

testcase 5: Check that add-ons are compatible by default while upgrading: Firefox 7 to Firefox 10

testcase 6: Check that add-ons are compatible by default while upgrading: Firefox 8 to Firefox 10

testcase 7: Check that compatible by default feature is not applicable to binary add-ons(extension)

testcase 8: Check that compatible by default feature is not applicable to binary add-ons(theme)

testcase 9: Check compatible by default feature for a theme while upgrading to Firefox 10

testcase 10: Check compatible by default feature for a dictionary while upgrading to Firefox 10

testcase 11: Check compatible by default feature for a language tool while upgrading to Firefox 10

testcase 12: Check compatible by default feature doesn't affect version check for search tools while upgrading to Firefox 10

testcase 13: Check compatible by default feature for a multi-package extension while upgrading to Firefox 10

testcase 14: Check compatible by default feature for a lite-review add-on while upgrading to Firefox 10

testcase 15: Check compatible by default feature for an unreviewed add-on while upgrading to Firefox 10

testcase 16: Check that blacklisted add-ons are not updated via the compatible by default feature

testcase 17: Check that add-ons with strict compatibility mode in install.rdf are not updated by default

testcase 18: Check that add-ons with min version > Current Firefox version in install.rdf are not updated by default

testcase 19: Check compatible info for a remote add-on

testcase 20: Check that compatibility info from AMO will override all other information sources (like install.rdf etc)

Reference

• Link Project plan
• Test plan for Client-side testing
• Feature implementation on Add-on Manager side: bug 693901, bug 693899, bug 693897, bug 695977, bug 700201