224605 - Bugzilla JavaScript isn't Mozilla/2 safe

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Bugzilla :: User Interface, defect)

Description

[timeless]

User-Agent: Mozilla/2.02 (WinNT; I)

JavaScript Error: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/, line 239:
f has no properties.
JavaScript Error: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/, line 122:
f has no properties.
JavaScript Error: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/, line 75:
missing ) in parenthetical.
if ((typeof window...
            ^
JavaScript Error: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224595, line 719:
syntax error.
var id = flagField.name.replace(/flag...
                                ^
JavaScript Error: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224595, line 590:
syntax error.
var id = flagField.name.replace(/flag...
                                ^
JavaScript Error: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi, line 139:
syntax error.
cpts[0] = { ....
          ^
JavaScript Error: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/query.cgi, line 2153:
selectProduct is not defined.

I'm ignoring the bugzilla helper which is wontfixed.

Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Gee, I'm all ears to hear a justification of why we need this one :)

Comment 2

[Jouni Heikniemi]

Moreso, it would be much more cool to be, say, "Javascript
0.0004-pre-beta-Brendan's-little-toy"-compliant than something like
Mozilla/2-compliant. Is there a standard or a similar specification being
violated or is this bug just for one arcane browser?

Comment 3

[timeless]

UserAgent: Mozilla/3.04 (WinNT; I)
I get the regexp errors here too. (So, no this isn't just for *one* arcane 
browser.)

JavaScript1.0 didn't have the things used by bugzilla, I can look up when they 
were introduced, my guess is 1.1 (typeof), 1.2 (regexp).

fwiw Mozilla/3 doesn't process:
javascript:"<script language='JavaScript1.2'>alert('hi')</script><b>1"

Although it does process:
javascript:"<script language='JavaScript1.1'>alert('hi')</script><b>1"

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug is a waste of time IMO. :-)

Gerv

Comment 5

[Bradley Baetz (:bbaetz)]

Agreed.

Comment 6

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

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