David E. Ross wrote:
On 9/23/10 5:11 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
On launching SeaMonkey, I saw a popup informing me that an update to one
of my installed add-ons is now available. The message did not say which
of 8 add-ons has the update. I consider the failure to identify which
add-on has a new update to be a serious problem.
I went to the Web sites of all of them. For 7 of them, I can tell there
is no new updates.
For the DOM Inspector, the Web page at
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/> does not display a version
number. This add-on was installed with SeaMonkey itself. I did not
request it; I don't know how to use it; and I'm not sure I want it.
Below is a list of my SeaMonkey add-ons with their version numbers. Can
anyone tell me which one has a newer version?
Extensions (enabled: 8)
* Adblock Plus 1.2.2 (http://adblockplus.org/)
* DOM Inspector 2.0.4 (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/)
* Flashblock 1.3.16 (http://flashblock.mozdev.org/)
* Live HTTP headers 0.16
* PrefBar 5.1.1 (http://prefbar.mozdev.org/)
* Preserve Download Modification Timestamp 2010.09.12.18
* Show Password On Input 0.1.3
(https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/6143/)
* ShowIP 0.8.19 (http://code.google.com/p/firefox-showip/)
I submitted bug report #599199 regarding the failure to identify the
add-on in the notification. That bug report was closed as Invalid
because, in a pending "upgrade" of Add-ons Manager, the notification
will no longer appear. See
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599199>.
I have the feeling someone didn't understand your original bug, saying "We won't
fix it, that code is gone" when you are seeing that behavior on the current
shipping version is a pretty good indication of that.
As I understand, users will have one of two choices:
* The Add-ons Manager will both automatically detect updates to
installed add-ons, download them, and install them.
or
* Updates will be neither detected, downloaded, nor installed.
That is, automatic detection will no longer be possible without
automatic installation.
Can someone either verify this or tell me where I have this wrong?
As long as the manual check doesn't suddenly start installing updates without
asking, at least you have a path to do what you want. But having an automatic
check and notify is really the preferred behavior, you don't want to do updates
without asking, as it changes the behavior in some cases.
--
Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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