QA/Desktop Firefox/update-hotfix

Update Hotfix Add-on

Feature	Status	Release Target	Lead engineer	QA Lead	Status
Update Hotfix Add-on	Development done		Gregory Szorc, Benjamin Smedberg	Paul Silaghi, Catalin Varga	Testing done

Summary

• Create an Add-on Hotfix to upgrade old (stuck) Firefox clients to new versions using a full installer (as opposed to the upgrade mechanism built into Firefox).

References

• http://hg.stage.mozaws.net/firefox-hotfixes/file/35944790bbb3/v20140527.01/README.rst
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Hotfix
• https://etherpad.mozilla.org/update-hotfix-testing
• https://etherpad.mozilla.org/hotfix-testing

Test Cases

• http://hg.stage.mozaws.net/firefox-hotfixes/file/35944790bbb3/v20140527.01/README.rst

Important Bugs

• 928173 - Create an Add-on Hotfix to give outdated users a full installer and the ability to submit their logs to us
• 1014194 - Base implementation: updater addon hotfix
• 1031516 - Continue (permanently) shipping the hotfix from bug 874513 to clients who haven't installed it yet
• 1038561 - Sign and dev deploy the Firefox update hotfix (v20140527.01.4)

Testing results

• https://etherpad.mozilla.org/update-hotfix-testing
• https://etherpad.mozilla.org/hotfix-testing