603515 - With automatic updates disabled for add-ons, offer available updates when browser compatibility changes

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2] (away 02/17 - 02/21)]

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20101006 Firefox/4.0b7pre

If the user has set add-ons to get updated manually we should only update those add-ons when the browser compatibility version changes. Similar to the automatic update path the list of available updates should be shown in the migration dialog during start-up. Right now we do not show any of the available updates.

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

The compatibility UI offers to find available updates for the extensions that are incompatible doesn't it? You just have to click yes or something.

Don't see anything new here so we wouldn't block on it.

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2] (away 02/17 - 02/21)]

When I install Mozmill 1.4.1 in 4.0b7pre I don't get Mozmill 1.5.0 offered when upgrading to a 4.0b8pre build.

Steps:
1. Fresh profile with checkCompatibility turned off
2. Install Mozmill 1.4.1 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9018/versions/?page=1#version-1.4.1)
3. Restart Firefox and turn on checkCompatibity + additional restart to disable the extension
4. Start a 4.0b8pre build

The migration wizard comes up but no compatibility updates are offered. Actually it doesn't matter if the add-on is set to update automatically or manually.

Comment 3

[BMO Automation]

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.