Clarify relation between blocklist and addon types
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(Toolkit :: Blocklist Implementation, task, P2)
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| firefox98 | --- | fixed |
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(Reporter: robwu, Assigned: robwu)
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(Whiteboard: [addons-jira])
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ExtensionBlocklist in Blocklist.jsm uses AddonManager.getAddonsByType to retrieve a list of add-ons that can be blocklisted, and passes a list of addon types to supposedly get the right list of add-ons.
The relation between this list and the AddonManager is not obvious.
E.g. the blocklistv2 implementation contained a "service" type despite it having been removed a long time ago: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/diff/39b6e5018c67ee26c13012c49eb201a6aaf6b27f/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/Blocklist.jsm#776
Recently, a patch in bug 1741544 introduced the kXPIAddonTypes array and comments in Blocklist.jsm and XPIProvider.jsm to highlight the relationship between the Blocklist and AddonManager: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a4773da4456d6441f52bfd50cd2cfbdf37b82e9b
The need to pay attention to comments is not ideal. Furthermore, the current implementation does still not clarify the exact need for passing the "types" array. Let's clarify that.
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Updated•3 years ago
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Comment 1•3 years ago
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Pushed by rob@robwu.nl: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/4091bbb45883 Clarify use of addonTypes in Blocklist.jsm r=rpl
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Comment 3•3 years ago
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