Hi David, So if I'm understanding correctly, than xul-ext-webaccounts and xul-ext-unity could be dropped for 15.10?
Thanks! Bryan On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:25 AM, David Barth <[email protected]> wrote: > You're right: not all of them actually make sense in the new world order, as > we have a better solution on touch devices in particular. That's why we > started with just the one that signals the existence of webapps. The better > integration points and OA links are now directly with webapp-container. > > Still the main one makes sense to keep around. > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Bryan Quigley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> >> Are those extensions still needed for our Unity vision or does the new >> Ubuntu browser make them obsolete? Already the Chromium part of those >> extensions no longer works, could the Firefox part be dropped too? >> >> What specifically is each one supposed to do? >> >> Kind regards, >> Bryan >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 8:48 AM, David Barth <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:41 PM, David Barth >> > <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Chris Coulson >> >> <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> On 10/08/15 22:21, Xavier Guillot wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> I can't answer to this specific question, but as an user with Firefox >> >>> as >> >>> default browser on Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop, if those addons are kept, >> >>> perhaps >> >>> they need to be signed. >> >>> >> >>> Today when I updated to the latest FF Nightly 42.0a1 on the daily ppa, >> >>> Mozilla activated the obligation to use only officially signed >> >>> extensions: >> >>> https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/add-on-signing-in-firefox >> >>> >> >>> All 3 Ubuntu addons were automatically desactivated. >> >>> >> >>> On the nightly version, there is an option in About:config to restore >> >>> the >> >>> old behavior (xpinstall.signatures.required set to false), but on >> >>> future >> >>> normal and beta versions of Firefox, it will not be possible anymore >> >>> normally. >> >>> >> >>> Even if the addons are provided directly in the packages and not on >> >>> Mozilla site, it is still also possible to validate them. >> >>> >> >>> Best regards, >> >>> >> >>> Xavier >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Ubufox was signed a few weeks ago and will be shipped with the Firefox >> >>> 40 >> >>> update tomorrow. However, it's only been through preliminary review, >> >>> and >> >>> future Firefox versions disable side-loaded addons that haven't had a >> >>> full >> >>> review. >> >>> >> >>> I'm not sure about the status of the other addons (cc'ing dbarth). >> >> >> >> >> >> Yup, we've started submitting webapps extensions as well, starting with >> >> the main xul-ext-websites-integration. >> > >> > >> > Hmm, actually there is a problem, but thanks for the reminder. >> > >> > David >> > >> > -- >> > ubuntu-desktop mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop >> > > > -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
