Closed Bug 1622917 Opened 5 years ago Closed 5 years ago

Do not prompt consumers when specific permissions are added when updating an extension.

Categories

(GeckoView :: Extensions, defect, P1)

Unspecified
All
defect

Tracking

(firefox77 fixed)

RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla77
Tracking Status
firefox77 --- fixed

People

(Reporter: amejia, Assigned: agi)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [geckoview:m76][geckoview:m77])

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(2 files)

There is a set of permissions which geckoview should not call onUpdatePrompt, as this permissions are expected to be granted without prompting the user.

Type: enhancement → defect
Priority: -- → P1
Whiteboard: [geckoview:m76]
Whiteboard: [geckoview:m76] → [geckoview:m76][geckoview:m77]
Assignee: nobody → agi

This allows other front-ends to know which permissions they should prompt for,
like GeckoView.

Attachment #9138971 - Attachment description: Bug 1622917 - Tracks which permissions to prompt for in list. → Bug 1622917 - Use schema to determine whether to prompt about a permission

The schema patch will fail without the test fix from bug 1628307.

Depends on: 1628307
Pushed by asferro@mozilla.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/8049568017b7
add schema support to determine permissions that do not require prompting r=zombie,agi
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/1b598c787581
Use schema to determine whether to prompt about a permission r=mixedpuppy,snorp
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla77
See Also: → 1632091
See Also: → 1671453
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