345613 - Integrate extension update for add-ons that are required and add-ons that have required add-ons

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

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

When an item that is a dependency of another item is being upgraded through the update mechanism if the upgrade will disable the item that depends on it the user should be notified and given the option to not upgrade the item. Also, if upgrading an existing item will disable it due to a required item not having an update give the user the option to cancel the upgrade.

Just as the minVersion and maxVersion for application compatibility is automatically updated via the rdf specified in the item's updateURL the minVersion and maxVersion for an em:requires should also be updated automatically. Since this is version specific information adding and removing em:requires would not be supported since that should only occur during a version upgrade and not a compatibility update.

Comment 1

[Robert Kaiser]

It would be nice to at least have a warning that "installing this update will disable the following dependent extensions" or such, in a very similar way to what we already do when uninstalling or disabling such a required extension.

Comment 2

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Extension dependency support is being removed