On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 12:06 PM Kris Lou via Enterprise <
enterprise@mozilla.org> wrote:

> 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.
>

That will work, but if it's a public extension with an update URL, it will
get updated.

So you would turn off extension updates, and when you put a new version on
the local file system, it would get installed because the policy code
explicitly installs the new version (it checks the version in the local
file)

Mike



>
>
> Kris Lou
> k...@themusiclink.net
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 9:46 AM Dimas Streich (Informàtica Trueta) <
> dstreich.girona....@gencat.cat> 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 <g...@sv.lnf.it> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> dott. Marco Gaiarin                                     GNUPG Key ID:
>>> 240A3D66
>>>   Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia''
>>> http://www.lanostrafamiglia.it/
>>>   Polo FVG   -   Via della Bontà, 7 - 33078   -   San Vito al
>>> Tagliamento (PN)
>>>   marco.gaiarin(at)lanostrafamiglia.it   t +39-0434-842711   f
>>> +39-0434-842797
>>>
>>>                 Dona il 5 PER MILLE a LA NOSTRA FAMIGLIA!
>>>       http://www.lanostrafamiglia.it/index.php/it/sostienici/5x1000
>>>         (cf 00307430132, categoria ONLUS oppure RICERCA SANITARIA)
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Enterprise mailing list
>>> Enterprise@mozilla.org
>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit
>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to
>>> enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Enterprise mailing 
>> listEnterprise@mozilla.orghttps://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit 
>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to 
>> enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> *Dimas Streich i Colomeda * Unitat de Tecnologies de la Informació i
>> Comunicació
>> Hospital Universitari de Girona Doctor Josep Trueta
>> Institut Català de la Salut Girona
>> Departament de Salut | Generalitat de Catalunya
>> Av.França s/n | 17007 Girona
>> dstreich.girona....@gencat.cat | http://www.hospitaltrueta.cat
>> <http://www.facebook.com/icscat>  <http://twitter.com/htrueta>
>> <http://projectecims.wordpress.com>  <http://www.youtube.com/icscat>
>> <http://slideshare.net/icscat>
>>
>> Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a la persona destinatària i pot
>> contenir informació privilegiada o confidencial. Si no sou el destinatari
>> indicat, us recordem que la utilització, divulgació i/o còpia sense
>> autorització està prohibida en virtut de la legislació vigent. Si heu rebut
>> aquest missatge per error, feu-nos-ho saber immediatament per aquesta via i
>> destruïu-lo.
>> Abans d'imprimir aquest correu, assegureu-vos que és realment necessari.
>> _______________________________________________
>> Enterprise mailing list
>> Enterprise@mozilla.org
>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit
>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to
>> enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Enterprise mailing list
> Enterprise@mozilla.org
> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise
>
> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit
> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to
> enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"
>
_______________________________________________
Enterprise mailing list
Enterprise@mozilla.org
https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise

To unsubscribe from this list, please visit 
https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to 
enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Reply via email to