585865 - Post-install error-message displayed for a compatible add-on version

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 601836

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

Description

[Pratibha]

Firefox Version:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8

Steps:
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Issue#1:
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-Load the versions page of the add-on Download Status bar:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26/versions/?page=1#version-0.9.6.5

Version-0.9.6.5: Works with: * Firefox 3.0a8 - 3.7a1pre

Click on the button "Add to Firefox"

Results: Incompatible message is displayed with FF 3.6.8

Issue#2:
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11377/versions/?page=1
version-1.8 : Works with 3.0 - 3.6.* - but gives incompatible message with FF3.6.8
version-1.7.1 : Works with 3.0 - 3.6.* - but gives incompatible message with FF3.6.8

Comment 1

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

If the developer changes the minversion-maxversion range in the Developer Tools, this range should take precedence and install.rdf should be ignored.

This is known bug, and I've heard about it several times before. Many add-on authors have worked around it by uploading new versions instead.

Maybe a dupe; I'm not sure if it has been filed before.

Comment 2

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

Changing the component to Dev Tools based on comment 1