829229 - Please set the in-product update backoff to 48 hours

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

This bug is currently blocked, but once unblocked, we should change the in-product update prompt backoff to 48 hours for beta/release. We're targeting the Beta 3 build in a couple of weeks.

Comment 1

[Robert Strong [:rstrong] (Robert they/them - use needinfo to contact me)]

Attachment: Change the official default value for promptWaitTime to 48 hours

Putting it up here so it is ready when this bug can be fixed.

Comment 2

[Alex Keybl [:akeybl]]

The dependency tree is blocked on investigation in bug 829221, so we'll track for FF20 given where we are in the FF19 cycle at this point.

Comment 3

[Robert Strong [:rstrong] (Robert they/them - use needinfo to contact me)]

Comment on attachment 700991 [details] [diff] [review]
Change the official default value for promptWaitTime to 48 hours

Gavin, I am requesting feedback from you just to make sure that you are aware of this change.

Comment 4

[Robert Strong [:rstrong] (Robert they/them - use needinfo to contact me)]

Comment on attachment 700991 [details] [diff] [review]
Change the official default value for promptWaitTime to 48 hours

Removing feedback request since akeybl and myself discussed this change over irc with Gavin

Comment 5

[Robert Strong [:rstrong] (Robert they/them - use needinfo to contact me)]

Pushed to fx-team
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/fx-team/rev/aaf37c377f68

Comment 6

[Robert Strong [:rstrong] (Robert they/them - use needinfo to contact me)]

The preference value along with its affect is already tested in app update tests though we obviously do not have a test that waits 48 hours to verify that the restart prompt is shown so marking in-testsuite+

Comment 7

[Robert Strong [:rstrong] (Robert they/them - use needinfo to contact me)]

Alex / Lukas: requesting tracking in case you would like this uplifted

Comment 8

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/aaf37c377f68

Comment 9

[Robert Strong [:rstrong] (Robert they/them - use needinfo to contact me)]

Pushed to mozilla-aurora
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-aurora/rev/076585f4a41a

Pushed to mozilla-beta
https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/5709bc9f2953

Comment 10

[Anthony Hughes (:ashughes) [QA]]

Assuming this doesn't need QA given in-testsuite coverage. Please remove [qa-] and add the verifyme keyword if this needs manual testing.