678416 - Pancake addon does not appear in the add-on bar for the nightly

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Pancake Graveyard :: Add-On, defect)

Description

[Naoki Hirata :nhirata (please use needinfo instead of cc)]

1. install the nightly
2. run the nightly in a new profile
3. install pancake add-on
4. look in the add-on bar

Expected: pancake icon is listed
Actual: pancake icon is not listed

Note:
1. works in 5.0

Comment 1

[Naoki Hirata :nhirata (please use needinfo instead of cc)]

console error messages:
8/19/11 11:55:39 AM	[0x0-0xe50e5].org.mozilla.nightly	Traceback (most recent call last):
8/19/11 11:55:39 AM	[0x0-0xe50e5].org.mozilla.nightly	  File "resource://pancake-at-mozilla-dot-com-api-utils-lib/tabs/tab.js", line 93, in destroy
8/19/11 11:55:39 AM	[0x0-0xe50e5].org.mozilla.nightly	TypeError: this._browser is null
8/19/11 11:55:39 AM	[0x0-0xe50e5].org.mozilla.nightly	error: An exception occurred.
8/19/11 11:55:39 AM	[0x0-0xe50e5].org.mozilla.nightly	Traceback (most recent call last):
8/19/11 11:55:39 AM	[0x0-0xe50e5].org.mozilla.nightly	  File "resource://pancake-at-mozilla-dot-com-api-utils-lib/tabs/tab.js", line 93, in destroy
8/19/11 11:55:39 AM	[0x0-0xe50e5].org.mozilla.nightly	TypeError: this._browser is null
8/19/11 11:55:39 AM	[0x0-0xe50e5].org.mozilla.nightly	error: An exception occurred.

Comment 2

[maxim zhilyaev]

install.rdf is incorectly shows em:maxVersion = 8.* and it needs to be changed to 11
this may relate to an outdated jetpack distro that mzhilyaev is using 
.rdf file is a part of xpi file and to get to it one needs to unzip the xpi

Comment 3

[maxim zhilyaev]

Updated to 1.3 version. 1.3 cfx set em:maxVersion = 8.*.
So it works on my instance but may fail to work on nightly.
BTW, if there's a version mismatch during addon installation, the browser complains with "addon can not be installed because it's incompatible with xxx verison of firfox"

I suspect that Naoki's behavior is observed when 
- addon is installed ok
- browser is upgraded to newer version
- addon does not show up on addon bar

I suspect that this is an expected behavior, but that does bring a point of addon silently failing when/if browser is updated to a newer version.

Comment 4

[maxim zhilyaev]

see also Bug 697214

Comment 5

[Wes Kocher (:KWierso) (Not reading bugmail; email directly if needed)]

I installed the Pancake add-on in a new profile using Firefox 9, and the icon appeared in the add-on bar. I then upgraded to a recent Nightly 12 build, and the Pancake icon stayed in the add-on bar. Comment 1 sounds doesn't look like a version number compatibility issue, but more like an actual coding incompatibility with whatever version of the Add-on SDK Pancake was built from back in August. (I think I remember some compatibility issues between the SDK and Firefox 7's code. Maybe something in that timeline?)

Comment 6

[Wes Kocher (:KWierso) (Not reading bugmail; email directly if needed)]

(In reply to Wes Kocher (:KWierso) (Jetpack Bugmaster) from comment #5)
> Comment 1 sounds doesn't look like
Erm, that should read "Comment 1 doesn't look like".