704888 - Recognize "Greasemonkey Script Compiler" files

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Add-on Validation, enhancement)

Description

[Kris Maglione [:kmag]]

There's a fairly horrid yet popular PHP script[1] which generates add-ons from Greasemonkey scripts. The stock files in these add-ons are all mangled to generate custom identifiers for each add-on, and are therefore difficult to validate, which means that they have to be reviewed every time. The code is more than a little atrocious and security sensitive, so this is a big deal.

I mentioned at the last editors' meeting that my validator handles these files by pre-mangling them and checksumming the result, and there was a fair amount of interest expressed in adding the same functionality to the add-on validator, so I'm filing this bug. The reference code is here:

http://code.google.com/p/extension-test/source/browse/checksums

[1] https://arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler.php

Comment 1

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

Reclassifying editor bugs and changing to a new whiteboard flag. Spam, spam, spam, spam...