294725 - Support external links

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Developer Pages, defect, P5)

Description

[alanjstr]

Topic: toolbar.yahoo.com
Premise: reuse the existing architecture to allow linking to an addon hosted by
a third-party.

The modifications to additem and approvalfile are possible, but prohibitive for
UMO 1.0.  That should be a separate bug.  This bug is to address the install
links on the site.

I suggest that we maintain the same database architecture.  A dummy XPI
containing only a valid install.rdf would be uploaded by Yahoo.  This will
create the initial entries. 

Set version.uri = "link:http://toolbar.yahoo.com/"

moreinfo.php and showlist.php would look for "link:" at the beginning of the uri
and create a special install link based on that.  

MoreInfo Install link
http://lxr.mozilla.org/update1.0/source/extensions/moreinfo.php#363

MoreInfo Download link
http://lxr.mozilla.org/update1.0/source/extensions/moreinfo.php#372

ShowList Install link
http://lxr.mozilla.org/update1.0/source/extensions/showlist.php#443

Comment 1

[Jon Granrose]

no response from cbeard yet.

We're on betanews, and talking to extensionsroom and the top download sites.  Be
nice to get it on u.m.o first though.

Comment 2

[Jon Granrose]

rafael - any chance of this happening soon?  I can get someone to write the
patch but need your ok before I can get the engineer.

Comment 3

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

Mass change - bugs to be read / (re)confirmed.

Comment 4

[Cameron]

AMO bugspam. Correcting QA contacts on OLD bugs ([e-mail])

-> Correct QA contact ([e-mail])

Filtermeplzkthx

Comment 5

[Mike Shaver (:shaver emeritus)]

We currently "support" external links, though we don't make it easy to add new ones, and I don't think that we really want to make it easier, let alone self-service.  Closing FIXED.