1541469 - Don't write default values to feature gate preferences

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: FeatureGate, defect)

Description

[Michael Cooper [:mythmon]]

Current feature gates write their value to the associated preference on the default branch, even if there is another value present. This would cause feature gates to erase values put on the default branch by Normandy.

The real solution to this is for feature gates to have a alternative storage mechanism besides preference. That's far in the future though. In the meantime, not storing the default values in the feature gate's associated preference will improve compatibility.

Comment 1

[Michael Cooper [:mythmon]]

Attachment: Bug 1541469 - Don't write default values to feature gate preferences

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/0489c7d0b8d1
Don't write default values to feature gate preferences r=mossop

Comment 3

[Bogdan Tara[:bogdan_tara | bogdant]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/0489c7d0b8d1