427098 - Platform limit of 3 platforms is too low

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

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

Description

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

When I tried to update the Lightning extension to 0.8, AMO let me only upload builds for three platforms (Win, Linux, Mac). I can't upload our fourth supported platform (Solaris).

Please remove this arbitrary limit or at least set it to a higher default (e.g. 10)

Comment 1

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

I could easily generate a patch to update this by a couple of platforms, but a more general solution might be wanted, which is probably too much for my limited time.

Possible general solution would be to make javascript generate the tags needed for an extra platform, using the first platform tag as a template.

Alternatively, all tags could be pre-generated using the number of supported platforms.

Comment 2

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

The reason we only put 3 platforms in originally was because I ran queries to see if there are any add-ons that support more than 3 when you could still upload more than 3, and there weren't.

I just ran the same queries today:
There are 0 files that support Solaris
There are 4 files that support BSD, all of which are no longer in use.

I'm currently working on a revamp of the Developer Tools and this will be fixed for that, but I don't want to take this bug for the current DevCP - the code is too messy.

Comment 3

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> The reason we only put 3 platforms in originally was because I ran queries to
> see if there are any add-ons that support more than 3 when you could still
> upload more than 3, and there weren't.

Understandable, but things change :-)
 
> I just ran the same queries today:
> There are 0 files that support Solaris
> There are 4 files that support BSD, all of which are no longer in use.

Well, if you leave me the choice of taking Solaris instead of Mac, Linux or Windows builds, I will always chose the latter, because those platforms are much more popular. So this isn't a very good metric.

Anyway, thanks for moving this into one of the next updates.

Comment 4

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

This is fixed in 3.5.

Comment 5

[Daniel Boelzle [:dbo]]

Thanks Justin. Any estimation when this will be rolled out to AMO?

Comment 6

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

It will be on the site in beta form with the next release, and hopefully fully launched within the month.

Comment 7

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Attachment: Screenshot of the various platforms

Comment 8

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED on https://remora-3.5.php5stage.mozilla.com/en-US/developers/versions/edit/46563