Hi Vasanth, I don't have the installation problem you describe (I was able to install your page rank extension directly). What do you see when you try to install?
Erik On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Vasanth Dharmaraj <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thanks for the update. I just repackaged my extensions: > http://www.vasanth.in/2009/06/18/repackaged-my-chrome-extensions/ > > Installation of extensions is still broken in build 3.0.189.0 though. > Currently one has to download the extension to a local folder and > double click to install it. > > Regards, > Vasanth > http://www.vasanth.in > > On Jun 17, 8:56 pm, Nick Baum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > **We're excited to see many people are experimenting with the upcoming > > extension features of Chrome in the dev channel. We're getting a lot of > > great feedback and are working hard to bring extensions to the stable > > channel as quickly as possible. > > > > As part of the latest dev channel release, we've had to make a breaking > > change to the crx format. This change adds signatures to our package > format, > > which are necessary to enable automatic updates. Unfortunately, this > means > > that any existing extensions will stop working, and will have to be > > repackaged. > > > > - *If you've developed an extension,* you can learn how to repackage > your > > extensions for Chrome v 3.0.189.0 in *the packaging > > doc< > http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/packaging> > > * on our developer site. Note that your extension ID will now be your > > public key, so you'll have to change any code that uses that. > > - *If you're using an extension someone else has developed, *you will > > have to reinstall it once the developer has repackaged it (as > described > > above). We've already updated our sample > > extensions< > http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/samples> > > . > > > > Even though the whole point of the dev channel is to make our APIs > available > > early while they're still changing, we don't make these changes lightly. > > Once we push the extension system to the stable channel, breaking changes > > should be very rare (we'd like to say non-existent, but we don't want to > > jinx ourselves). > > > > Let us know if you have any questions or run into any problems. > > Cheers, > > > > -Nick > > > > PS: I'll be cc'ing chromium-dev and discuss for a few days, until people > > have had the time to subscribe to > > chromium-extensions<http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions>. > > We also posted this to the chromium blog <http://blog.chromium.org>, > which I > > recommend subscribing to if you haven't already. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
