305811 - Extension maxVersion Bump on UMO for Nvu, Netscape, Flock, Sunbird & FF Trunk Builds

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

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

Description

[Mel Reyes]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

The versions on umo are a bit off for some apps and I know there's a lot of work
going into FF 1.5, but this would really help new extension testing etc. 
Basically Nvu has been at 1.0 since 6/28 but umo won't accept 1.0, sunbird is at
0.2+, dp/ff trunk is at 1.6+, netscape is at 8.0.3.3.

To submit anything to umo I have to keep modding my install.rdf and then for my
site for ppl to do testing or use it.  Can the versions be upped on umo for the
latest release and test builds? thanks.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Submit an extension to umo with support for Nvu 1.0 (or any other version
mentioned in details above)

Actual Results:  
Error! The MaxAppVer for Firefox of 1.6+ in install.rdf is invalid.
Error! The MaxAppVer for Netscape of 8.0.3.3 in install.rdf is invalid.
Error! The MaxAppVer for Sunbird of 0.2+ in install.rdf is invalid.
Error! The MinAppVer for Nvu of 1.0 in install.rdf is invalid.
Error! The MaxAppVer for Nvu of 1.0 in install.rdf is invalid.
Errors were encountered during install.rdf checking...
Aborting...

Expected Results:  
Accept latest min/max versions.

Comment 1

[alanjstr]

Nvu 1.0 is now validated.

Can't do Netscape 8.0.3.3 because we can't handle a 4th node that's not a, b, or +

Firefox 1.5beta is listed.

Deer Park 1.6a1 has a name of 1.6a1 but is listed internally as 1.6 on the site.

Sunbird 0.2+ has been added.

Comment 2

[alanjstr]

*** Bug 309728 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Michael Kraft [:morac]]

The official extension versioning page at
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/extensions/update.html states that valid
extensions are of the form: major.minor.release.build[+]
8.0.3.3 is a valid version number, so the site should be able to parse it.

I don't know how hard it is to do, but the site should really be changed to
allow versions in the major.minor.release.build[+] format though.

As a temporary work around, could maxVersions of 8.0.4 be allowed for Netscape?
This would allow extensions to be uploaded that could be installed in Netscape
8.0.3.3.  I think it is highly unlikely Netscape will release a 8.0.4 that will
be incompatible with current extensions.

Comment 4

[Michael Kraft [:morac]]

Netscape 8.0.4 has been released which means that the allowable maxVersion can
now be changed to 8.0.4 based on comment #1.

In addition, SeaMonkey 1.0a should probably be added to the list of supported
applications in the install.rdf file.  SeaMonkey's UID is
{92650c4d-4b8e-4d2a-b7eb-24ecf4f6b63a}

Comment 5

[Giorgio Maone [:ma1]]

New kid on the block: Flock's UID is
{a463f10c-3994-11da-9945-000d60ca027b}.

Just published developer version has app.extensions.version=1.0+

Comment 6

[alanjstr]

The following are all in the DB now:

SM 1.0a, 1.0
NS 8.0.4
FL 1.0+

Comment 7

[Michael Kraft [:morac]]

I don't think SeaMonkey was added correctly.  
According to http://kb.mozillazine.org/Install.rdf the id for SeaMonkey is
{92650c4d-4b8e-4d2a-b7eb-24ecf4f6b63a} but if I attempt to use that id I get an
error.  The error I get depends on where SeaMonkey is defined in the install.rdf.

If it is the first targetapplication defined I get the following error:

Error! The MinAppVer for of 1.0 in install.rdf is invalid.
Error! The MaxAppVer for of 1.0 in install.rdf is invalid.
Errors were encountered during install.rdf checking...
Aborting...

As you can see the application isn't listed which usually occurs when the id is
not verified.  If I have another target application listed in the install.rdf
file before SeaMonkey (for example Firefox) the error looks like this:

Error! The MinAppVer for Firefox of 1.0 in install.rdf is invalid.
Error! The MaxAppVer for Firefox of 1.0 in install.rdf is invalid.
Errors were encountered during install.rdf checking...
Aborting...

Comment 8

[alanjstr]

The GUID in the database has some leading spaces.  justdave or morgamic can fix that.  

Comment 9

[Paul Roub]

What *is* the max allowable Firefox maxVersion at the moment?  Trying to update IE View, and I'm getting "invalid" on 1.6a1, 1.5.0+, 1.5.0.999 and pretty much anything else that might work with the current FF builds.

Comment 10

[Giorgio Maone [:ma1]]

(In reply to comment #9)
> What *is* the max allowable Firefox maxVersion at the moment?
1.6

Comment 11

[Mel Reyes]

Ok, here are my latest findings and suggestions:

- Mozilla Suite maxVersion 1.8 no longer accepted, nor is 1.8a1 or 1.8b4, but several 1.8b4 show up on the list to edit a submitted extension, etc

- Netscape 8.0.4 is not accepted

- Sunbird 2.0+, 3.0 nor 3.0+ are accepted

Suggestions to avoid frustration and confusion:
- On the main developer control panel publish link to all supported and valid version numbers for submitting, etc.

- A combined Extension/Theme Developer FAQ page (I'd be willing to work on this on wiki, mozzine kb or where ever)

- Publish link to Extension Versioning:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/extensions/update.html

- Publish link to install.rdf KB:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Install.rdf

One or all of these links could be added to the left nav of the Developer Control Panel, thanks.

Comment 12

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

This is a regression caused by the 1.5.0.* patch -- am currently working on a fix.  Thanks for the great comments -- will post an update shortly.

Comment 13

[Bastian Grupe]

Just another little addition:
Sunbird is now at 0.3a1, 0.3a2 being under development

Comment 14

[Michael Kraft [:morac]]

*** Bug 309826 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 15

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

The list of available versions and their internal versions (and GUIDs) are now posted in the faq:
https://addons.mozilla.org/faq.php

The outstanding issues with specific versions were fixed, and for Sunbird an internal arbitrary version was used to represent 0.3a1.

Resolving -- please reopen if you feel this has not been handled.