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if (what I don't really believe) it becomes impossible to install
an unsigned addon through an <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="about:config">about:config</a> change, then how are we
supposed to test our Addons? Within a release cycle I may have to
build and test over 1000 different versions:<br>
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A concerned Addon developer.<br>
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Axel<br>
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background-color:rgba(220,220,240,0.4); border-radius:3px;"> <b>Subject:</b>
Extension signing<br>
<b>To:</b> Firefox-dev <br>
<b>From: </b>Jeff Williams<br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, 16/12/2015 19:00:07 19:00 GMT ST
+0000 [Week 50]<br>
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<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">Firefox is
not a good browser without extensions, and that's clear
for everyone. The only reason it is still in the game is
because it has features that no other browser can provide.</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">Here is what
the official </font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
style="href:
"https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing""
target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman">wiki</font></a><font
face="Times New Roman"> says. "Mozilla will begin
requiring all extensions to be signed in order for them to
be installable in Release and Beta versions of Firefox.
Signing will be done through addons.mozilla.org (AMO) and
will be mandatory for all extensions, regardless of where
they are hosted."</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">You can still
force the use of unsigned add-ons by following just a
couple of steps:</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">- Open
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="about:config">about:config</a></font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">- Look for
the "xpinstall.signatures.required" entry and change the
value from true to false</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">- Restart the
browser.</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">And now comes
the bad news. Mozilla will remove this entry from
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="about:config">about:config</a>, which means that starting with Firefox 44,
this won't be possible anymore.</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">Some of the
older add-ons, which also happen to be very good, haven't
been signed. Mostly likely, the developers have dropped
the support for them or simply don't have the time.</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">Only two
options remain. Look for alternatives for add-ons or
change the browser entirely. Guess what most people are
going to do when they don't find alternatives?</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"> </p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">If you remove
the option mentioned in the above article I shall
discontinue using Firefox and discontinue my financial
support...</font></p>
<p class="mgbot_20"><font face="Times New Roman">Please pass
this e-mail on to the appropriate personnel. </font></p>
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