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* Release Channel (default)
* Release Channel (default)
* Beta Channel
* Beta Channel
* Firefox Developer Edition (Aurora) Channel
* Nightly Channel
* Nightly Channel
(Firefox)
(Firefox)


Which channel you are in is determined by the app.update.channel pref, which can currently be set to ‘release’, ‘beta’ and ‘nightly’. This setting is passed along in the software update URL.
Which channel you are in is determined by the app.update.channel pref, which will be typically set to ‘release’, ‘beta’, ‘aurora’ and ‘nightly’. This setting is passed along in the software update URL.
 
A "Channel Manager" extension that offers a UI for managing the channel setting, and preferences such as update frequency etc can be offered to people wishing to join the Beta/Alpha/Nightly channels.
 
Software update URL:
https://aus2.mozilla.org/update/3/%PRODUCT%/%VERSION%/%BUILD_ID%/%BUILD_TARGET%/%LOCALE%/%CHANNEL%/%OS_VERSION%/%DISTRIBUTION%/%DISTRIBUTION_VERSION%/update.xml


See [[Software_Update:Checking_For_Updates]] and [[Software_Update:Nightly_update_infrastructure]] for more information on the update URL.
See [[Software_Update:Checking_For_Updates]] and [[Software_Update:Nightly_update_infrastructure]] for more information on the update URL.

Latest revision as of 03:15, 1 September 2016

  • Release Channel (default)
  • Beta Channel
  • Firefox Developer Edition (Aurora) Channel
  • Nightly Channel

(Firefox)

Which channel you are in is determined by the app.update.channel pref, which will be typically set to ‘release’, ‘beta’, ‘aurora’ and ‘nightly’. This setting is passed along in the software update URL.

See Software_Update:Checking_For_Updates and Software_Update:Nightly_update_infrastructure for more information on the update URL.

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