1475487 - Switch to preview environment in about:remotesettings

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Remote Settings Client, enhancement)

Description

[Mathieu Leplatre [:leplatrem]]

On the server side, when an editor requests a review, the data is published on the «preview» endpoint in order to test the changes in a real browser.

On the client side, in order to switch to the preview environment a preference has to be changed and the browser restarted. See https://remote-settings.readthedocs.io/en/latest/frequently-asked-questions.html#how-do-i-preview-the-changes-before-approving

It would be nice if about:remotesettings would allow to switch from/to this preview endpoint, without restarting.

The previous implementation in the original about:remotesettings [0] is broken and was not imported in Bug 1406036

[0] https://github.com/leplatrem/aboutremotesettings

Comment 1

[Mathieu Leplatre [:leplatrem]]

Attachment: D2951

Comment 2

[Mathieu Leplatre [:leplatrem]]

https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&revision=feb96daafd4eed7f91a5188053d266dcf7e8a515

Comment 3

[Mathieu Leplatre [:leplatrem]]

https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&revision=54d86e4540f811e6e6b3dc125943be63cdb09a5d

Comment 4

[Mathieu Leplatre [:leplatrem]]

https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&revision=9dca4075ccba5e23ebfc7a82d992fef80e087f61

Comment 5

[Mathieu Leplatre [:leplatrem]]

https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=try&revision=1feea8dbe7afc09d316d4e7ca0a56a6df559bab2

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/90d22ac1a1eb
Restartless preference change r=Gijs,glasserc

Comment 7

[Eliza Balazs [:ebalazs_]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/90d22ac1a1eb

Comment 8

[Ryan VanderMeulen [:RyanVM]]

Is this something that can ride the trains?

Comment 9

[Mathieu Leplatre [:leplatrem]]

Hi Ryan,
Actually the flags are not entirely correct. It's a new feature that we'll land in 64, it does not affect 63 and we should not bother backporting it.
Sorry for the trouble :|