Re: Firefox addon signing

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* Martin Stransky [28/08/2015 12:21] :
>
> On 08/28/2015 11:40 AM, Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
> >* Martin Stransky [28/08/2015 11:24] :
> >>
> >>Thanks for the info. Actually is there any reason why Fedora packager would
> >>need to modify the original extension?
> >
> >If there is a security issue with an extension, the packager might well
> >want to distribute a patched version while waiting for a new release.
> 
> That's possible but the update process in Fedora is recently too slow. Even
> Firefox security updates sits in testing for week.

I'm not seeing this, at least as a general rule. Most firefox updates seem
to be pushed within a day.

>                                                    I bet that official
> update from AMO (mozilla extension site) will be way faster that Fedora
> update.

I suspect this will vary greatly depending on the maintainer and the
security issue.

Emmanuel
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