Silent Update OS Dialogs/TestPlan
Silent Update OS Dialog
Feature | Status | Release Target | Dev Lead | QA Lead | Status |
Silent Update: Removal of OS security dialog for Windows | In Development | Firefox 10 | Brian Bondy | Simona Badau |
Summary
- On Windows updates (when Firefox is installed into the default Program Files Directory) cannot currently be made without the User Account Control (UAC) dialog prompting for elevated permissions.
- Firefox updates will be executed through a service named Mozilla Maintenance that will prevent UAC prompts to be displayed.
- The purpose of this subfeature is to make updates available and easy to perform whether they are made by an administrator or by a limited user account.
Reference
Use Cases to Test
- Basic Functional Testing
- Edge Cases
Test Cases
- Test cases can be found in the Spreadsheet: Link
Important bugs
- bug 481815 - Provide a Windows service to update applications without asking Administrator password
- bug 529746 - App update should request elevation when the user doesn't have privileges to update
- bug 692887 - Apply updates to an alternate directory while FF is running, then move when stopped