1559378 - HTML about:addons has no options to find updates for a specific addon

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install any addon.
2. Right click on installed addon.

Actual result:
A generic HTML context menu will open. [...] menu does not have "Find Updates", either.

Expected result:
"Find Updates" should be available (although it does not have to be in the context menu).

Comment 1

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

If automatic updates are disabled globally or for the add-on you can check for updates from the details page for a specific add-on. You can also check for updates from "tools" menu underneath the search bar.

Comment 2

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

XUL about:addons allowed me to check updates for a specific addon even if automatic update is enabled. (Sometimes I do not want to wait until the next automatic check.) "tools" menu will check updates for all addons (not a specific one.)

Comment 3

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

This was intentionally left out and I'm not sure I see a compelling reason to include it. Checking for all updates could update other add-ons, but if you have automatic updates enabled that should be expected.

I'm going to close this as invalid since this was a conscious choice. If you still think it's worth including I'd suggest adding your reasoning and putting a needinfo to :amyt.