Program Management/Programs/Silent Update/2011-11-24

Features

Removal of OS security dialog for Windows

Owner: Brian

• mar program and libmar MAR file sign/verification complete, ready for review
• udpater.exe using verification process should be complete today and will be marked for review today
• rs got me reviews late last night, working on them today.
• Ehsan and Brian working on automated tests

QA (Simona Badau)

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
    • Landed on Aurora (10)
    • Depends on bug 527141 (open) and AMO bug 698355 (fixed)
  • bug 700201 Addons that haven't been updated for an extremely long time should not be compatible by default
    • Landed on Aurora (10)
  • bug 698653 Flip extensions.strictCompatibility pref in Firefox to make addons compatible-by-default
    • Fixed on Nightly
    • Need to discuss landing this on Aurora (10)
• 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
    • Fixed in 6.3.2 (Nov. 18)
  • bug 698358 Add support for new strictCompatibility option in install.rdf
    • Fixed in 6.3.2 (Nov. 18)

QA (Virgil Dicu)

• Add-on test day on Nov. 18

Background updates

Owner: Ehsan

• Ready for review

QA (Vlad Ghetiu)

Updated workflow for updating users with incompatible add-ons

Owner: Rob, Chris

QA (Ioana Budnar)

Getting the word out

• Blair blogged about Solving Firefox's add-on compatibility problem