Closed
Bug 853658
Opened 11 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
Plugin block request: Google Earth Plugin < 7.0 on Mac OS X
Categories
(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: scoobidiver, Unassigned)
References
Details
(Keywords: qawanted, Whiteboard: [plugin])
Plugin name: Google Earth Plugin Plugin versions to block: < 7.0.3.8542 Applications, versions, and platforms affected: Mac OS X Block severity: (hard/soft) How does this plugin appear in about:plugins? File: Version: Description: Homepage and other references and contact info: Reasons: immediate crashes on Google Maps (see bug 853387)
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Comment 1•11 years ago
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Steven, how does this plugin appear in about:plugins?
Flags: needinfo?(smichaud)
Comment 2•11 years ago
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Google Earth Plug-in File: Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin Version: 7.0 The Google Earth Plugin allows you to view 3D imagery and terrain in your web browser. MIME Type Description Suffixes application/geplugin Google Earth browser plugin
Flags: needinfo?(smichaud)
Comment 3•11 years ago
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> Version: 7.0
I don't know if this will be a problem.
"7.0" is the plugin's CFBundleShortVersionString, while "7.0.3.8542" is its CFBundleVersion and CFBundleGetInfoString.
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Updated•11 years ago
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OS: All → Mac OS X
Updated•11 years ago
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status-firefox20:
--- → affected
tracking-firefox20:
--- → +
Comment 4•11 years ago
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The block is now staged as a click-to-play block: https://addons-dev.allizom.org/en-US/firefox/blocked/p301 Please test and make sure to check that the latest version isn't blocked.
Keywords: qawanted
QA Contact: anthony.s.hughes
It would appears as the this block is not working as expected. The latest version available from www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html is v7.0.3.8542 which is blocked for me after pinging staging. The blocklist.xml file contains: > <pluginItem blockID="p301"> > <match name="filename" exp="Google Earth Web Plug-in\.plugin"/> > <versionRange minVersion="0" maxVersion="7.0.3.8541.9999" severity="1"/> > </pluginItem> When enabled, the plugin has the following string in about:config: > Google Earth Plug-in > File: Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin > Version: 7.0 > The Google Earth Plugin allows you to view 3D imagery and terrain in your web browser.
Comment 6•11 years ago
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My guess is that this is causing the problem:
> Version: 7.0
Comment 7•11 years ago
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If so, we may not be able to implement this blocklist request.
Comment 8•11 years ago
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See comment #3 above.
Comment 10•11 years ago
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> Would we be able to CTP block GE7 as a compromise? I'm not sure that's a good idea. The only people who see bug 853387 are those who run FF in 32-bit mode (and therefore run the Google Earth plugin in-process). I assume these are only a small minority of all Google Earth plugin users.
Comment 11•11 years ago
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So, if I'm right, we may not have any good "technical" option. Our best bet may be to simply educate users to upgrade Google Earth plugin to its latest version. Thanks, Google, for giving Google Earth a fake version number!! :-(
Comment 12•11 years ago
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Of course, it'd also help if this problem (and the advice to update Google Earth plugin) were well documented in our "user" forums.
Comment 13•11 years ago
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(In reply to Steven Michaud from comment #11) > Thanks, Google, for giving Google Earth a fake version number!! :-( Do we have any good Google contacts who can help us get this fixed for future versions?
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Comment 14•11 years ago
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I think we should at least block GE 6.x as we don't know which versions are affected. (In reply to Steven Michaud from comment #11) > Thanks, Google, for giving Google Earth a fake version number!! :-( On Windows, it's OK: Fichier : npgeplugin.dll Version : 7.0.3.8542 GEPlugin > Our best bet may be to simply educate users to upgrade Google Earth plugin to its > latest version. Mozilla doesn't give the example as Plugincheck always says it's up-to-date (see bug 853506).
Summary: Plugin block request: Google Earth Plugin < 7.0.3.8542 on Mac OS X → Plugin block request: Google Earth Plugin < 7.0 on Mac OS X
Comment 15•11 years ago
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(In reply to Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] from comment #13) > (In reply to Steven Michaud from comment #11) > > Thanks, Google, for giving Google Earth a fake version number!! :-( > > Do we have any good Google contacts who can help us get this fixed for > future versions? Benjamin?
Flags: needinfo?(benjamin)
Comment 16•11 years ago
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I had an email thread with some GEarth devs a year ago, but I've since deleted it, so I don't have current contacts.
Flags: needinfo?(benjamin)
Comment 17•11 years ago
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At this point, I don't think we should try to apply this particular block, both because of our inability to distinguish versions, and because we can probably work around the issue effectively in prefs. See bug 853387 comment 21.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Updated•11 years ago
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Assignee | ||
Updated•8 years ago
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Product: addons.mozilla.org → Toolkit
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