[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#600890: xul-ext-sync: firefox sync is not functional as it is too old

[Michael Fladischer]

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Hi Norbert,

Norbert Preining, 2010-10-21 12:51:
> Is there a technical reason for not upgrading the addon, or only
> compatibility?

The reason is not really technical, it's a long term problem with
upstream changing the storage API version. I've already prepared a 1.5-1
package but by uploading it I can only fix the current mismatch in the
version numbers. If Mozilla upstream decides to increase the version
number tomorrow, I'll be force to do another update of the package. This
IMHO (IANADDY) contradicts the purpose of a stable release.

I'll contact debian-volatile and debian-release about this issue.
So far I can only give this advise: Don't upgrade to 1.5 on other
installations to keep compatibility. Sorry ...

> It seems that without the ability to sync against current status
> the functionality of this package is severly broken.

I think this depends on your POV, as I'm using it to sync several Debian
installations it's not really broken regarding it's status within Debian
... but that's just POV :-)

Regards,
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Michael Fladischer
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