On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:18 AM, Martin Stransky <stransky(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 08/27/2015 04:40 PM, Alexander Ploumistos wrote:
>
> Aren't the addons that we ship in fedora a bunch of text files zipped
> in an xpi archive? It is kind of awkward to send them back and forth,
> but if there are no other binaries, does it go against a particular
> policy?
>
> Or we could decide that we trust Mozilla's code review process and
> drop packaging addons altogether, as was suggested. At least the users
> will receive updates faster.
Can we ship addons which are already signed by Mozilla? Or does Fedora
packager modify them somehow?
Another thought: could we ask Mozilla for permission to exempt a
specific directory (e.g. /usr/share/distro-firefox-extensions) from
signature requirements for .xpi files that are owned by root?
After all, anyone who can drop root-owned files in there can just as
easily replace the entire firefox binary.
--Andy