On 1/22/12 6:08 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 01/22/2012 05:53 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> On 01/22/2012 05:23 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
>>> On 1/22/12 4:52 PM, NoOp wrote:
>> ...
>>>> Jens, any possiblity that the compatibility reporter can include a
>>>> box/tick that the extension works if the install.rdf is modified?
>>>>
>>>> For example: with SM 2.7b4 (linux) the following are fine with a
>>>> modified install.rdf:
>>>>
>>>> - Novell Moonlight 3.99.0.2.99
>>>> - Password Exporter 1.2.1
>>>>
>>>> But, if the install.rdf is modifed (to say
>>>> '<em:maxVersion>2.8.*</em:maxVersion>'" and works, the compatibility
>>>> reporter denotes: "Marked as compatible by developer" when it actually
>>>> wasn't. But the add-on works when modified locally.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I understand that it is up to the add-on developer to keep this
>>>> updated (install.rdf), and that is not the issue I am pointing out. The
>>>> issue is how to sort out compatibility when the install.rdf has been
>>>> modified locally _and_ the add-on works when modified.
>> ...
>>>
>>> Note that BetterPrivacy 1.68 as downloaded from AMO has install.rdf
>>> containing the following:
>>>
>>> <!--SeaMonkey-->
>>> <Description RDF:about="rdf:#$dLacB4"
>>> em:id="{92650c4d-4b8e-4d2a-b7eb-24ecf4f6b63a}"
>>> em:minVersion="2.0a1"
>>> em:maxVersion="2.6.*"
>>> />
>>>
>>> Should not this work with SeaMonkey 2.6.1?
>>>
>>
>> IMO yes.
>
> BetterPrivacy Version History
> Version 1.68 Released January 20, 2012 138.2 KB Works with Firefox 3.5 -
> 11.*
>
> However when I attempt to install in 2.7b4 I see that it thinks that I
> have Firefox 2.7, when in actuality I have:
>
> Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:10.0) Gecko/20120119
> Firefox/10.0 SeaMonkey/2.7
>
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/versions/?page=1#version-1.68>
> Add to Firefox
> Not available for Firefox 2.7
>
> So I think there is an issue with the AMO not detecting the correct
> version of SeaMonkey.
>
> However it works if I use FF:
> Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1
>
> Or:
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:10.0a1) Gecko/20110929 Firefox/10.0a1
I've disabled "Advertise Firefox compatibility", so my UA string is:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20111221 SeaMonkey/2.6.1
This should satisfy
em:maxVersion="2.6.*"
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