| 2008-09-01 09:43:51 |
clovepower |
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| 2008-09-01 09:43:51 |
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| 2008-09-01 10:02:37 |
clovepower |
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Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options diabled |
Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options disabled |
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| 2008-09-01 10:21:30 |
Parthan SR |
firefox: status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2008-09-01 10:21:30 |
Parthan SR |
firefox: statusexplanation |
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I can confirm this. In my case, "Automatically check for updates" has Firefox disabled (i.e. it is shadowed that I can't check the box), in addition to what is reported above. I have no way of undoing or changing what has been selected in "When updates to firefox are found".
Firefox Installed: 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 on Ubuntu 8.04
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| 2008-09-19 22:48:47 |
Andreas Moog |
firefox: status |
Confirmed |
Invalid |
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| 2008-09-19 22:48:47 |
Andreas Moog |
bug |
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assigned to firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
| 2008-09-20 03:43:14 |
Michael Rooney |
firefox-3.0: status |
Confirmed |
Invalid |
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| 2008-09-20 03:43:14 |
Michael Rooney |
firefox-3.0: statusexplanation |
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Hi clovepower, thanks for using Ubuntu and thanks for your bug report! However, this is expected behavior. All Ubuntu updates are routed through Ubuntu's own update manager, and for good reason. It isn't the job of Firefox developers to ensure their updates don't break in Ubuntu and in the case that they did and Firefox could update itself, our entire userbase would suffer this failure. Updates are pushed out by Ubuntu only after they have been tested, to ensure there is no breakage. This paradigm is overall a huge win for Ubuntu users IMO, and something important in the open-source world where developers aren't necessarily writing code just for a particular OS.
It might be nice to not have these options at all but that would require a non-trivial change to the Firefox package and require maintenance. |
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| 2008-10-03 07:25:06 |
clovepower |
firefox: status |
Invalid |
Confirmed |
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| 2008-10-03 07:25:06 |
clovepower |
firefox: statusexplanation |
I can confirm this. In my case, "Automatically check for updates" has Firefox disabled (i.e. it is shadowed that I can't check the box), in addition to what is reported above. I have no way of undoing or changing what has been selected in "When updates to firefox are found".
Firefox Installed: 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 on Ubuntu 8.04
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| 2008-10-03 15:47:40 |
Michael Rooney |
firefox: status |
Confirmed |
New |
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| 2008-10-03 15:47:40 |
Michael Rooney |
firefox: statusexplanation |
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Hi clovepower. Confirming your own bugs defeats the point of the system, and I don't see anyone else who has confirmed that the options were at one point editable and now are not. Others have confirmed that the update options are disabled but that is by design. I will mark back to New until someone else can confirm this behavior and update the title appropriately. |
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| 2008-10-03 15:48:38 |
Michael Rooney |
description |
Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox
If you go under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update and choose "Ask Me what I want to do" the corresponding radio button group is disabled, so the setting cannot be changed.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Start Firefox
2. Click Edit > Preferences to bring up preferences dialog
3. Click Advanced > Update
4. Under "When updates to firefox are found" choose "Ask Me what I want to do"
5. The "When updates to firefox are found" becomes disabled (see included screenshot) and the setting cannot be changed back again
I expect the radio buttons under "When updates to firefox are found" to remain active.
The buttons remain inactive even after Firefox is restarted.
This does not appear to be an upstream bug, since Firefox 3.0.1 does not have this issue under Windows.
Firefox version:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 Firefox/3.0.1
Firefox package version:
3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD64 Desktop |
Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox
If you go under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update and choose "Ask Me what I want to do" the corresponding radio button group is disabled, so the setting cannot be changed, however initially it was possible to make a choice.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Start Firefox
2. Click Edit > Preferences to bring up preferences dialog
3. Click Advanced > Update
4. Under "When updates to firefox are found" choose "Ask Me what I want to do"
5. The "When updates to firefox are found" becomes disabled (see included screenshot) and the setting cannot be changed back again
I expect the radio buttons under "When updates to firefox are found" to remain active.
The buttons remain inactive even after Firefox is restarted.
This does not appear to be an upstream bug, since Firefox 3.0.1 does not have this issue under Windows.
Firefox version:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 Firefox/3.0.1
Firefox package version:
3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD64 Desktop |
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| 2008-10-03 15:48:38 |
Michael Rooney |
title |
Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options disabled |
Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable |
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| 2008-10-09 04:25:57 |
Michael Rooney |
firefox: status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2008-10-09 04:25:57 |
Michael Rooney |
firefox: importance |
Undecided |
Low |
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| 2008-10-09 04:25:57 |
Michael Rooney |
firefox: statusexplanation |
Hi clovepower. Confirming your own bugs defeats the point of the system, and I don't see anyone else who has confirmed that the options were at one point editable and now are not. Others have confirmed that the update options are disabled but that is by design. I will mark back to New until someone else can confirm this behavior and update the title appropriately. |
Thanks Parthan, I'll Confirm based on your input! |
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| 2008-10-20 17:31:07 |
Alexander Sack |
firefox: status |
Confirmed |
Won't Fix |
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| 2008-10-20 17:31:07 |
Alexander Sack |
firefox: statusexplanation |
Thanks Parthan, I'll Confirm based on your input! |
firefox 2 wont see such polishing fixes anymore. if you see this in firefox 3, please reopen. |
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| 2008-10-21 04:07:10 |
Parthan SR |
firefox-3.0: status |
Invalid |
Confirmed |
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| 2008-10-21 04:07:10 |
Parthan SR |
firefox-3.0: statusexplanation |
Hi clovepower, thanks for using Ubuntu and thanks for your bug report! However, this is expected behavior. All Ubuntu updates are routed through Ubuntu's own update manager, and for good reason. It isn't the job of Firefox developers to ensure their updates don't break in Ubuntu and in the case that they did and Firefox could update itself, our entire userbase would suffer this failure. Updates are pushed out by Ubuntu only after they have been tested, to ensure there is no breakage. This paradigm is overall a huge win for Ubuntu users IMO, and something important in the open-source world where developers aren't necessarily writing code just for a particular OS.
It might be nice to not have these options at all but that would require a non-trivial change to the Firefox package and require maintenance. |
Confirming this bug (based on my previous comment) for Firefox-3.0.3 in Ubuntu Intrepid Beta. |
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| 2009-10-13 11:59:16 |
Vasilis74 |
attachment added |
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| 2013-03-13 07:22:46 |
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos |
bug task deleted |
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
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