On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Robert Strong <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Philipp Kewisch" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 4:49:35 PM > > Subject: Re: Upcoming changes to Mac package layout, signing > > > > On 8/13/14 2:59 PM, Benjamin Smedberg wrote: > > > > > > On 8/13/2014 3:34 AM, Philipp Kewisch wrote: > > >> > > >> Does this also affect binary extensions in any way? I'd imagine that > > >> globally installed extensions would break signing if placed > incorrectly. > > > > > > You cannot place anything in the Firefox bundle. Any extensions, binary > > > or not, would need to be elsewhere. I don't know that we have a > > > supported global install location on Mac. > > > > > > --BDS > > > > > > > When you say not supported, does this mean you have no motivation or > > plans to allow extensions formerly dropped in Contents/MacOS/extensions/ > > to be placed in a different location that doesn't require resigning? > It does not mean that we won't support another location. We are moving as > fast as we can to get the minimum requirements finished at this time and it > would be helpful if someone tackled the specific issue of supporting > another location. First step would be checking if Mac supports a system / > global install location for extensions outside of the bundle. > > If my reading of the patches are correct then the extension manager will start looking in the new location in the app bundle for extensions (Contents/Resources/browser/extensions) automatically. We'll have to support this as that is where the default theme is to be found. > > > > I suspect this means enterprise administrators will need to resign if > > they want to install Firefox on many machines and provide preinstalled > > extensions? > Unless there is a system / global install location available. > As you noted there is a system install location available on OSX. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
