[Mozilla Enterprise] app.update.enabled deprecation

[Mike Kaply]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Jason Jackson <jasonjackson at sd44.ca>
wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up.  I just wanted to confirm, this change won’t be
> in ESR 60.3, correct?
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No, this change will not be in the ESR.


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> If this is the way things are headed, I sure hope the next ESR will
> include documentation that lists what preferences are autoconfig-only,
> policy-only, or both.
>

This particular situation is unique. Firefox update is moving out of the
browser, so it can't be controlled by a preference anymore, so it has to be
a central location (like policy).

Mike


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> *Jason Jackson*
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> Computer Systems Technician
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> North Vancouver School District
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> *From:* Enterprise [mailto:enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Mathies
> *Sent:* July 20, 2018 9:22 AM
> *To:* 'Mozilla.org' <Enterprise at mozilla.org>
> *Subject:* [Mozilla Enterprise] app.update.enabled deprecation
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> Note that app.update.enabled was just removed from Nightly builds. This
> change will roll out in 63. To control updates you'll need to use the new
> enterprise policy system.
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> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420514#c113
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> Regards,
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> Jim
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> *From:* Enterprise <enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org> *On Behalf Of *Mike
> Kaply
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 19, 2018 7:58 AM
> *To:* Eddy Mendez <mendez.eddy at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Robert Ernst <rob at callcentrehosting.com>; Mozilla.org <
> Enterprise at mozilla.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] NPAPI
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> You could use autoconfig and set the values
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> app.update.enabled and app.update.auto
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> to false
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> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-
> enterprise/autoconfiguration-enterprise
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> Mike Kaply
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> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 6:13 AM, Eddy Mendez <mendez.eddy at gmail.com>
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> But, how could it be possible?  I mean how to block the automatic updates?
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> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 2:38 PM Mike Kaply <mkaply at mozilla.com> wrote:
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> Yes, they'll need to continue using Firefox 52 and not update.
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> Mike Kaply
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> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Robert Ernst <rob at callcentrehosting.com>
> wrote:
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> Hello All,
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>     We currently use an NPAPI web phone (Zoiper). A number of our clients
> do not wish to switch over to IE preferring to continue using ESR 52.9 32
> bit for the time being.
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> Will they need to disable updates currently set to the ESR channel to
> avoid prompts to update to 60.
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> Sincerely,
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> Robert Ernst
> *Director, Technical Operations*
> *Call Centre Hosting Inc.*
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> 888.986.8571
> rob at CallCentreHosting.com
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