On 01/02/2016 02:42 PM, ProgAndy wrote: > Am 02.01.2016 um 22:52 schrieb Kyle Terrien: >> It looks like that is only intended for release-status extensions. If I want >> to QA test a developer's beta build, this tells me that the developer would >> have to submit each build he wishes me to test to AMO. Why can't I just >> package the extension myself and load it? That is absurd. --Kyle Terrien > > The official stance is that developers and testers should use the "Developer > Version"[1] of Firefox. That release does not require extension signatures. > [2] > Jan Steffens (heftig) provides us with a compiled Arch Linux package in his > repository. [3][4] > > You can always provide or request an unofficial repository with binary > packages of other firefox based projects. > > 1: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/developer/ > 2: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing > 3: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117157 > 4: http://pkgbuild.com/~heftig/repo/
Cool! It's nice to know someone has my back when it comes to the Developer Addition. But what about regression testing? (Testing against older "supported" versions, or in this case the "stable" version of Firefox) So far, the only way it looks like is to either download the unofficial build from Mozilla or build Firefox yourself. --Kyle Terrien
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