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Add-on Compatibility Reporter (Redux)
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Why is this a Legacy Add-on? #87

Closed asjones987 closed 7 years ago

asjones987 commented 7 years ago

Very confused why a Mozilla published add-on would be listed as a Legacy Add-on and not a “Compatible with Firefox 57+” add-on. I am a big fan of Firefox, but this looks really embarrassing for Mozilla (I have supported Mozilla since the beginning, but this is bad). All of Mozilla's stuff should have been the first to be converted to any new standards. That would be part of a process to see if there were any issues.

jvillalobos commented 7 years ago

We haven't made a final decision on this, but it's likely we'll discontinue this add-on after Firefox 57. The WebExtensions API will still experience compatibility issues, but it will only be a small fraction of what is reported for legacy add-ons. So, it probably doesn't warrant the tooling that we currently use, this add-on included.

grahamperrin commented 7 years ago

Thanks, pending the decision please consider updating the description at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/ to avoid users of 57 e.g. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/reviews/907445/ being surprised by the incompatibility.