This is true for multiple Firefox profiles as well as multiple windows profiles, right? (assuming windows here) so if the computer is shared with someone else who takes the updates, it'll update?
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Robert Strong <rstr...@mozilla.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 10:00 PM, <tssw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 8:47:41 AM UTC-7, Majken Connor wrote, > > responding to patriap...@gmail.com: > > >... but you also say these changes [in Firefox 39] are forced. They're > > > not, they're just the default. > > > > > > > NO! > > > > I just re-installed Firefox 35.0.1 again (after carefully removing > Firefox > > 39, which got AUTOMATICALLY installed over FF 35.0.1, which I set to not > > auto-update). I assumed that I had made some mistake in installing FF 35 > > the first time. So this time, literally THE FIRST THING I did with the > new > > installation was "Tools >Options >Advanced >Updates >Never Check for > > Updates". I set a few other preferences, and closed Firefox. A few > > minutes later, I opened Firefox and got Version 39. Saying that this > > "upgrade" is "just the default" is like saying that gravity is the > default. > > > > The only times I have seen this happen are when the update has already > started or when using multiple profiles. Since the preference is profile > specific and not installation specific you shouldn't have had to change the > preference when you reinstalled if it were already set to not update. Keep > in mind if you are using multiple profiles that each profile will need to > have the preference set and reinstall the older version of Firefox. If that > older version updates to the latest then please file a bug and I'll track > down what is going on with your install (I have an install set not to > update and it hasn't updated to the latest). > > Thanks, > Robert > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
