580433 - .xpi provided by the Addons Builder supplies a bogus version string in install.rdf

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Labs Graveyard :: FlightDeck, defect)

Description

[Brian Crowder]

My install.rdf contains the following version tag, which is rejected by AMO:

<em:version>copy rev. 20</em:version>

Comment 1

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

I see this too.  It looks like the builder inserts a value like the one you are seeing into the <em:version> element of the install.rdf file when you haven't specified a version for your addon by clicking the name of your addon in the editor interface and typing the version into the Version field of the Edit Info dialog box.

It's great that the builder automatically specifies a version rather than making you specify one, but it should specify a valid version, such as "1.0", which is the version that the SDK specifies if the developer doesn't specify one.

In the meantime, the workaround is to specify the version yourself via the Version field of the Edit Info dialog.

Comment 2

[Brian Crowder]

Myk:  This workaround does not actually work around the issue.  If I specify a version string in the Edit Info dialog, the version that ends up in my .xpi is this:

    <em:version>0.2 rev. 20</em:version>

(ie., "0.2" which is the rev I specified in the edit info, replaces the "copy" from before.)

Comment 3

[Brian Crowder]

Actually, I may have run into trouble with this for a different reason.  Disregard comment #2, please.

Comment 4

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

This could be a dupe of bug 578609.

Brian: were you able to use the workaround in the end?

Comment 5

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

Note: I think you need to press the Save button after specifying the version in the Edit Info dialog.