On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Benjamin Kreuter <ben.kreu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Again, why allow addons to be packaged at all if we are not prepared to > block browser updates that break addons? > I don't believe we should be in the business of determining which applications are worthy of packaging... if someone wants to do the work, more power to them. > > Alternatively, rather than block the updates, at least leave the last > working version in the repository so that users can downgrade to > something more recent. Right now it looks like F26 users can either > accept Firefox 57 and live without their addons, or downgrade to 54; > why not continue making 56 available for users who want it? As far as > I know DNF is capable of handling such scenarios, although maybe there > are other parts of the infrastructure that make this difficult. > > In any case, maybe it is worth revisiting some of the relevant policies > on Fedora packaging. This is not a Firefox-specific issue; GNOME, > Emacs, etc. also have packaged addons. > As far as browser updates "breaking" addons... you're inferring a "tail wagging the dog" scenario. That just isn't appropriate. Addons aren't core browser functionality. If they were, they wouldn't be addons. Same logic would apply to GNOME, etc.
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