QA/Desktop Firefox/update-hotfix
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<Update Hotfix Add-on>
| Feature | Status | Release Target | Lead engineer | QA Lead | Status |
| <Update Hotfix Add-on> | Gregory Szorc | Paul Silaghi, Catalin Varga |
Summary
- Create an Add-on Hotfix to 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
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- 928173 - Create an Add-on Hotfix to give outdated users a full installer and the ability to submit their logs to us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)
Sign off Criteria
- Firefox 31 Aurora merge - 05/02/2014
- On the next OSs:
- Windows 7 64bit
- Ubuntu 13.10 32bit
- Mac OSX 10.9, 10.7.5