On 16 October 2017 at 14:02, James Hogarth
<james.hogarth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 16 October 2017 at 13:56, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:46:20AM +0200, Martin Stransky wrote:
>>> On 10/16/2017 11:36 AM, James Hogarth wrote:
>>>> You may have noticed a mini ruckus on the development list which lead
>> to a
>>>> FESCo decision being needed about the Firefox 57 update ...
>>>>
>>>> Eventually the update will hit F26 (and perhaps F25 depending on
>> timing)
>>>> and it will be a breaking experience for many users.
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>>>> I suggested on the devel list that an article on FM giving a heads up
>> to
>>>> users would be beneficial - of course having made the suggest I'm
>> willing
>>>> to write it ;)
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>>>> Since this is going to be a breaking experience and major change for
>> our
>>>> users, outside of the usual release scope, I think it important we
>> provide
>>>> early information in the magazine. I'll be providing a COPR tracking
>> FF57
>>>> until it eventually hits stable as well that users can make use of to
>>>> provide feedback.
>>>>
>>>> How does everyone here feel about this?
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>>> +1
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>>> I'm happy if you write that.
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>> I had been corresponding with Martin and others elsewhere about this
>> very topic. James and Martin, we would really like to see a Magazine
>> article to give users a heads-up about what to expect, available
>> alternatives, and best practices to deal with extension breakage.
>> Thanks for your interest and help.
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> It's funny how timing can go :)
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> I'm putting together a draft now ... it'll probably take a few days and
> then I'll put up a preview link for comments.
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Okay I have a draft ready for review and comments.
The public preview link is:
https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=19026&preview=1&_ppp=14710ffd1f The COPR is already in place ... I'll update the instructions bit
on the
COPR to point to the article when we push it live.
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jhogarth/firefox57/