"maxVersion" of install.rdf not taken into account with Firefox 18.
Hello,
I got something really strange with my extension (which install a NPAPI plugin). I was used to update maxVersion property of the install.rdf every time a new major version of Firefox was released.
Today, I wanted to give a try of installing the extension with a too lower maxVersion value. I was extremely surprised to see that Firefox accepted it. I was able to drop the maxVersion value down to "4.*" (lesser it says that Firefox is not compatible).
I got it under Fedora and Windows.
Here is my install.rdf:
<RDF xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:em="http://www.mozilla.org/2004/em-rdf#"> <Description about="urn:mozilla:install-manifest"> 1.2.0.11 ctviewer@camtrace.com 2
CamTrace Viewer
Displays CamTrace video streams.
<Description>
<em:locale>fr-fr
CamTrace Viewer
Affiche les flux video CamTrace.
</Description>
</em:localized>
Camtrace S.A.S.
http://www.camtrace.com/
chrome://ctviewer/content/camtrace.png
true
<Description>
<em:id>{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
1.5
4.*
</Description>
</em:targetApplication>
</Description>
</RDF>
Chosen solution
by philipphello, this change was done ~a year ago: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Add-ons/Add-ons_Default_to_Compatible
http://blog.fligtar.com/2011/09/26/add-on-compatibility-progress-plans/
Read this answer in context 1Additional System Details
Installed Plug-ins
- Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
- Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator version:0.1.44.23
- Version: 3.9.1.0
- The next generation Java plug-in for Mozilla browsers.
- This plugin provides integration with Gnome Shell for live extension enabling and disabling. It can be used only by extensions.gnome.org
- The Totem 3.4.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.
- DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233
- This plug-in detects the presence of iTunes when opening iTunes Store URLs in a web page with Firefox.
- CamTrace Viewer Version 1.2.0.11
Application
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0
More Information
Chosen Solution
hello, this change was done ~a year ago: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Add-ons/Add-ons_Default_to_Compatible
http://blog.fligtar.com/2011/09/26/add-on-compatibility-progress-plans/
Modified by philipp
