On 5/7/13 6:55 AM, Byron Jones wrote:
we'd like to extend bugzilla.mozilla.org to log which channel the
reporter's version of firefox is using; however i can't figure out if
this information is available to javascript.
i initially thought about using browser/config/version/version.txt based
on the version in the user-agent, however this reflects the current
default channel, and not necessarily the channel the user's application
is using. for example if someone downloads aurora just before the
trains leave, and doesn't upgrade before filing a bug, we'd incorrectly
think they are using beta.
i'm interested in either the value of app.update.channel, or the value
passed to configure via --enable-update-channel.
is this currently available to javascript? if so, how? if not, do you
think a request to expose it would be successful?
You can at least determine whether the user is running Beta/Release or
Nightly/Aurora from navigator.userAgent. The "Gecko" version is the
build date (e.g. "Gecko/20130507") for Nightly and Aurora, but frozen at
"Gecko/20100101" for Beta and Release.
chris p.
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