Bug 753551

Summary: Upgrade to Firefox 8 disables language packs on working installs
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimilan>
Component: firefoxAssignee: Martin Stransky <stransky>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: gecko-bugs-nobody, oliver.henshaw, rvcsaba, stransky, t.matsuu
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Description Milan Bouchet-Valat 2011-11-13 11:04:44 UTC 
The new Firefox 8 disables add-ons installed by third-parties: at first run of Firefox 8, the user is presented with a list of installed add-ons in which all add-ons that have not been installed manually are unchecked. Clicking on "OK"  without looking at it results in disabling them.

This means that all non-advanced users that installed upgrades in F15 end up with a non-localized Firefox.


This bug could be solved in Fedora by completely disabling that dialog, since we don't have random third-parties installing unwanted toolbars like on Windows. But it should also be fixed upstream: I can't find a reason why a language pack could hurt users, since you only use one locale at a time anyway.
Comment 1 Martin Stransky 2011-11-15 08:11:49 UTC 
Created attachment 533704 [details]
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I should disable the dialog although it depends on recent firefox profile state.
Comment 2 Martin Stransky 2011-11-15 09:26:12 UTC 
New update has been posted to:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-15721

please test the package firefox-8.0-2. The fix may not be 100% working (it depends on recent profile state) but I think it's ok as a temporary workaround.
Comment 3 Martin Stransky 2011-11-15 09:50:57 UTC 
According to http://blog.ffextensionguru.com/2011/11/09/disable-firefox-8-add-on-controls/ we have to set extensions.shownSelectionUI too.
Comment 4 Martin Stransky 2011-11-15 10:05:21 UTC 
Created attachment 533729 [details]
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+ we have to set the preferences in rpm
Comment 5 Martin Stransky 2011-11-15 10:39:17 UTC 
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-15667 also needs some love from proventesters.
Comment 6 Martin Stransky 2011-11-16 14:08:35 UTC 
*** Bug 752739 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Martin Stransky 2011-11-29 15:43:30 UTC 
Okay, "fixed" now.