What about installing via
ExtensionSettings.installation_mode.force_installed, with install_url being
a local file location (like 'FF/extensions ') ?

install_url
Extensions installed from file URLs will additional be updated when their
internal version changes.

This implies that we can deploy the xpi and control versioning that way.


Kris Lou
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On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 9:46 AM Dimas Streich (Informàtica Trueta) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I think you can control the updates with the policy 'ExtensionSettings',
> specifying which xpi should be installed, so when you point the extension
> to the new version xpi it will update, not before. This is how I understood
> the changes in Firefox 78 ESR but I haven't tried yet.
>
> El 19/11/2020 a les 18:35, Mike Kaply ha escrit:
>
> Are there situations where you don't want to update extensions?
>
> Extensions are updated when Firefox is updated and checks are done
> approximately every 24 hours.
>
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 9:48 AM Marco Gaiarin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Sorry, i quick come back because i realize i need more info and feedback.
>>
>>
>> Currently i use 'system installed'/sideloaded extensions, and in this
>> way i have a strict control on extensions, also on extensions version.
>>
>>
>> Using policy i can install some extension, lock them, but i've no
>> strict control on extensions versions, eg i have only a 'master
>> switch':
>>
>>         ExtensionUpdate
>>
>> to enable or disable extensions update. If i disable it, there's
>> effectivaly NO way to update the extensions. If i enabe it, extensions
>> get updated automatically.
>>
>>
>> If i use '/distribution/extensions' i can install extensions, exactly
>> the version i need (and i lock the uninstallation via policy i
>> suppose), but updates follow some unknown rules; seems to me:
>>
>>  + surely at profile creation extensions get installed
>>  + seems at program upgrade, it is not clear if only for 'major
>>    versions' or also for minor ones, extensions get 'refreshed'
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway, the real question is: how can i strictly control extensions
>> version without 'system instaleld' extensions?
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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