Features

Removal of OS security dialog for Windows

Owner: Brian

mar program and libmar MAR file sign/verification complete, ready for review
mar program has some build configs that need to be tweaked in a separate patch due to problems with cross compilation.
verifying MARs with embedded certs inside updater.exe complete, ready for review
Rob Strong got Brian reviews for bug 481815 (maintenance service) late last night (EST), Brian is working on them today.
Brian was concerned about not everything being tested so made a spreadsheet of all tests that need to be run at a minimum.
Ehsan and Brian working on automated tests

Test Plan: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Silent_Update_OS_Dialogs/TestPlan
Completed:
- created and ran test cases on platforms: http://bit.ly/v74fFt
- exploratory work on the elm branch builds
- communicated issues found to Brian for feedback
What's Next:
- create and run more test cases starting from the wiki original
- updates on the existing Test Plan
Questions/Issues:

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)

Test Plan: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Add-ons/Add-ons_Default_to_Compatible/TestPlan
Completed:
- created new test cases
- ran most of the newly created test cases on Ubuntu 11.10
- ran ad-hoc exploratory testing Tuesday around the feature
- logged two issues: bug 704165 and bug 704483
- started verifying fixed bugs: bug 693897, bug 695977 and bug 693899
- started adding test cases in Litmus for Aurora branch (Firefox 10): http://bit.ly/rZVKe4
What's Next
- continue verifying remaining fixed bugs
- continue adding test cases in Litmus
- to run following scenarios:
  - testing behavior with larger profiles (over 30 add-ons installed)
  - verify add-on listing when upgrading through more than 2 Firefox versions with the feature enabled.
  - mostly done with recent builds-to try more with Firefox <7.0.1
Questions/Issues