1291912 - Add-ons that involve updates are not testable

Status: NEW

(Release Engineering :: General, defect)

Description

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Add-ons such as Update Listener[1], Check for Updates in Help Menu[2], or Only Minor Update[3] are not testable because the normal release builds require Signing and unbranded add-on developer builds do not update.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/update-listener/
[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/help-menu-update/
[3] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/only-minor-update/

Comment 1

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

The old behavior (updating to branded builds) is better for add-on developers because it will make Check for Updates in Help Menu and Only Minor Update testable. Update Listener is still untestable, but your workaround (manually installing a new build) will work. It would be inconvenient for unintended users, but it should not be a problem because it is unintended :)

Please revert bug 1290548 even if you do not maintain an update channel for unbranded builds.

Comment 2

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Why do you think it is better to add more differences between official release builds and unbranded builds? It defeats the sole purpose of the add-on developer builds.

Comment 3

[Kim Moir [:kmoir] ET]

If we were to provide updates for unbranded addon builds they would be on a different channel than the release builds.