312443 - When updating an extension that is user disabled provide an option to re-enable it.

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, enhancement)

Description

[Tobias B. Besemer [:BesTo] (QA)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20051006 Firefox/1.4.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20051006 Firefox/1.4.1

1. I dont know if hand-deaktivated extensions will be auto-updated. (Maybee I
should fill a seperate bug.)
2. I deaktivated some extension (cause buggy) by hand and waiting for some
updates. If an update exist - I think so - the extension-manager should ask if
the updated extension should be reaktivated.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

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

(In reply to comment #0)
> 1. I dont know if hand-deaktivated extensions will be auto-updated. (Maybee I
> should fill a seperate bug.)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294644#c12

Comment 2

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

I'm inclined to think that when installing (not auto updating) an extension where an old version is installed and disabled then we should just enable the extension. The user has explicitely tried to install it so it should work afterwards.

Comment 4

[Andy McKay]

Due to a long period of inactivity on this bug (6.11 years), I am intending to close this bug within a month or so in accordance with: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/OldBugs Please remove [intent-to-close] from the whiteboard and comment on this bug if you would like to keep it open.