Closed Bug 731232 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

use blacklisting to forbid bundling of add-ons

Categories

(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, enhancement)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Blocklist Policy Requests
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: francis.uy, Unassigned)

References

(
URL
)

Details

As discussed in Michael Verdi's blog post, some extension and plugin publishers have become very aggressive about pushing users to install their wares. Some bug reports have been marked WONTFIX since it is not a technical problem in FF. I recommend a simple non-technical solution: POLICY. If any publisher unfairly induces people to install their add-on by means of bundling, side-loading, deceptive overlays, etc, then Mozilla should immediately blacklist that add-on.
Component: Plug-ins → Add-ons Manager
Product: Core → Toolkit
QA Contact: plugins → add-ons.manager
Whiteboard: (I don't know what category a policy bug belongs in)
Component: Add-ons Manager → Blocklisting
Product: Toolkit → addons.mozilla.org
QA Contact: add-ons.manager → blocklisting
We already have a clear blocklisting policy detailed on this page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting We deal with these situations on a case-by-case basis, so I don't see any actions to be taken here.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Keywords: footprint, qawanted
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Thank you, Jorge. What would be the appropriate forum for people to propose that the "High Bar" in the blocklisting policy should be lower?
I think the dev.planning newsgroup would be a good place to have that discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/topics
Product: addons.mozilla.org → Toolkit
You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.