1539918 - Tracking bug for about:compat to ride the trains in 68

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Web Compatibility :: Tooling & Investigations, enhancement, P1)

Description

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Right now it's nightly only, but we would like it to ride the 68 train, if possible.

Comment 2

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

Just one bug to go that isn't super clear if it's actually our bug, or a bug in NVDA. So I think we're ready to make this not Nightly-only (so we get some time to see if Beta tests explode before merge), aka, ride to release.

Tom, can you land a patch in this bug to make it so?

I assume that's here-ish:

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/extensions/webcompat/aboutPage.js#22
https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/mobile/android/extensions/webcompat/aboutPage.js#22

Comment 3

[Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski]]

Attachment: Bug 1539918 - remove nightly-only guard and allow about:compat to ride the trains; r?miketaylr

remove nightly-only guard and allow about:compat to ride the trains

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/47d1596a579f
remove nightly-only guard and allow about:compat to ride the trains; r=miketaylr

Comment 5

[Oana Pop-Rus]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/47d1596a579f

Comment 6

[Pascal Chevrel (relman team) -> :pascalc]

Thomas, I think this should be mentionned in our Nightly release notes, could you request it please? Thanks
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Release_Notes#How_to_nominate_a_bug_for_release_notes_addition.3F

Comment 7

[Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]: It is now easy to see and manage the various workarounds Firefox has in place for specific websites.
[Affects Firefox for Android]: Yes.
[Suggested wording]: Added about:compat, where website-specific workarounds are listed and may be toggled. These workarounds are meant as temporary fixes for various forms of website breakage for Firefox, while the website fixes them in due time. With about:compat, it is now easy to see all of the workarounds that are active in Firefox, and easy for website developers to disable a given workaround for testing purposes.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]:

Comment 8

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

This is in the 68.0beta release notes for desktop and android.