Bug 557850

Summary:	>=www-client/firefox-41 - introduce flag to disable mandatory exentsion signing
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	avx <idevelop>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Mozilla Gentoo Team <mozilla>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	jaak, main.haarp, merlin, rdalek1967
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description avx 2015-08-15 14:30:39 UTC

Starting with version 40, Firefox gives a warning on unsigned (by Mozilla) extensions, while starting with version 41 these extensions won't be allowed to install. There is no option in about:config or similar to disable this behaviour.

People not wanting to have this behaviour would need to switch to the Dev-edition (which brings a lot of bloat) or use an unbranded build. As such, the given setting will probably be a compile-time flag for which I'd like to request a USE-flag.

Ideally, default state should be signing enabled with a one-time einfo telling people about it.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-10-07 19:22:30 UTC

As a heads up, this will not be made mandatory per current plans until firefox-44.  Additionally, Firefox ESR 45 will not enforce the mandatory extension signing.

See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing for more details.

Comment 2 Jory A. Pratt gentoo-dev

2017-08-26 17:57:41 UTC

If you feel I have closed your bug and it is still a current issue, please reopen and update it completely. We will not work bugs that have no ebuild in tree any longer or can not be reproduced with a current system.

Thank You for your support and understanding
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