308721 - Update Now button in Extensions Manager doesn't appear to work for User Agent Switcher.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Glenn Meyer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050908 Firefox/1.4

When I open the Extensions Manager from the Tools Menu in Firefox 1.5 Beta1, I
get  an entry for User Agent Switcher that says: "A new version of User Agent
Switcher (0.6.7) is available." When I click on the "Update Now" button next to
it, nothing appears to happen. However, if, minutes later, I attempt to close
firefox, a window pops up that asks me if I want to cancel n downloads in
progress, where n is the number of times I clicked on the "Update Now" button. I
have a very fast broadband connection, and have clicked on the "Update Now"
button as few as 1 time before closing Firefox, so I'm sure the problem is now
slow downloads. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Firefox
2.Select "Extensions" from the Tools menu.
3.When window opens, click on the "Update Now" button for User Agent Switcher
0.6.6 (to update to 0.6.7).
4.Several minutes later, close Firefox. 

Actual Results:  
See Details. That's exactly what happened, each of four times.

Expected Results:  
It should have downloaded the user Agent Switcher almost instantly, and told me
to restart Firefox to complete the installation of the new version of User Agent
Switcher.

Default Theme
Microsoft Windows XP Pro, version 2002
Service pack 2
Dell Workstation PWS450
2 Xeon 2-Ghz CPUS
1 GB Ram

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050915
Firefox/1.4 ID:2005091506

Upgrading from 0.6.3 to 0.6.7 WFM in any case. Had no 0.6.6 to try. 

Comment 2

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Please provide a link to the extension so this can be tested.

Comment 3

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Glenn - I'd prefer not to rush you but fixes of this nature are going to be more
difficult to land with each passing day due to the upcoming release. Can you
provide a link?

Comment 4

[Glenn Meyer]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Glenn - I'd prefer not to rush you but fixes of this nature are going to be more
> difficult to land with each passing day due to the upcoming release. Can you
> provide a link?

If you mean a link to User Agent Switcher, it's
http://chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/

As for the bug, I can update in Firefox 1.4 on Linux without a problem. This bug
occurred on Firefox 1.5 beta1, which I have installed on Windows XP Pro 2002. 

Comment 5

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

(In reply to comment #4)
> If you mean a link to User Agent Switcher, it's
> http://chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/
> 
> As for the bug, I can update in Firefox 1.4 on Linux without a problem. This bug
> occurred on Firefox 1.5 beta1, which I have installed on Windows XP Pro 2002. 
I'll test it on XP later today using the extension from that link on XP and a
recent nightly. If you have the time do so as well I'd appreciate it.

Comment 6

[Glenn Meyer]

> I'll test it on XP later today using the extension from that link on XP and a
> recent nightly. If you have the time do so as well I'd appreciate it.

I tried it with the latest build, DeerPark Alpha 2, but ran into a roadblock. 
It appears that User Agent Switcher 0.6.7 is not compatible with the latest 
nightly build, nor is 0.6.6. At least, that's the feedback I got when Firefox 
started up. First it said 0.6.6 was incompatible, then asked we whether I 
wanted to try to find a newer version that was compatible. When I clicked yes, 
it came back with "no compatible versions found," or something to that effect. 
It's possible that beta1 is also not compatible, but it hangs, instead of 
informing me that there is no compatible version. 

Comment 7

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

The extension's compatibility is set to 1.4 and using a build from yesterday
this is WFM. I created a 1.0.6 profile, installed the extension, changed its
maxVersion to 1.0 so it would not be compatible on upgrade, and changed the
extension's version to 0.5.7 from 0.6.7 so there would be an update available
when checking. I tested updating the extension during the upgrade compatibility
check and also updating via the EM ui. Most likely this was fixed by one of the
patches after beta 1.

Comment 8

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Glenn, is this still a problem for you... it is WFM using the 1.5 release.

Comment 9

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

No response and this is WFM