Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

Asa Dotzler <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:46:30 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.ui
Message-ID <[email protected]>
neus wrote:
> Instead of "whitelisting" extensions to a certain version do the
> opposite and "blacklist" extensions that are known to be _really
> broken_ with that particular version ( although i think i've read that
> you're already doing something like this ? ), have the "Add-on
> Compatibility Reporter" come by default with Firefox and let people
> decide which extensions to further disable and report that they are
> bad ( or good ) with the firefox version they are using.

Hi Daniel.

Both of these things, moving from a whitelist to a blacklist and adding 
an ACR-like feature so users can experiment with blacklisted extensions, 
are being discussed.

They are not "obvious" or "simple" changes because both have some 
downsides. We're trying to figure out how to manage those. But yes, this 
is the real "focus" of most of us who are working on smoothing out the 
new release program speedbumps.

- A