{"id":2579,"date":"2011-05-21T03:21:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T10:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2011-05-21T03:21:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T10:21:56","slug":"firefox-5-compatibility-bump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/05\/21\/firefox-5-compatibility-bump\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 5 Compatibility Bump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier tonight we updated compatibility information for add-ons that work with Firefox 4 to also work with Firefox 5, except in certain cases where we think the add-on may be incompatible. This coincided with the beta release<\/a> of Firefox 5, though normally it would occur when the Nightly channel is promoted to Aurora, as described in the Rapid Releases Compatibility Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We were able to mark 3,890 add-ons as compatible with Firefox 5. There were 256 that failed our automatic scanners either due to including binary components or using navigator.language<\/code>, which was changed in Firefox 5. All affected add-on authors received an email about the compatibility update and instructions depending on whether they passed or failed.<\/p>\n

This was our first time doing a mass compatibility bump, so please let us know your feedback on it, especially if you think something didn’t work properly.<\/p>\n

One noteworthy issue<\/a> is that some developers will receive emails saying that a previous version of their add-on has had its compatibility bumped if the latest version is already compatible. We only intended to bump the latest reviewed version of a Firefox 4 compatible add-on, along with any newer versions that haven’t been reviewed yet. This unnecessary change should be corrected for future updates.<\/p>\n

Developers will see this process take place again in the next two weeks for the imminent Aurora 6 promotion, and then things will be on their normal track every 6 weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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