Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] IceCat addon selection

[Loic J. Duros]

On 05/05/2012 03:29 PM, Jason Self wrote:
> Just mentioning it in case it's helpful in coming up with a policy of
> what is (and is not) acceptable for IceCat.
>
> [1] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:OpenOfficeExtensions

Thanks much for pointing out this policy.  It seems most of the 
checklist could also apply to an IceCat add-on, except maybe for "Does 
the extension contain all necessary build scripts?" -- In most cases 
add-ons are provided in an xpi format (really a zip file) which contains 
the sources in a format already executable by IceCat. Certain add-ons 
(that's the case of LibreJS) do use an SDK called the Add-on SDK and 
require to be "built" using the SDK.

I think the test for whether it needs a connection (which means some 
sort of dependency to an online service, making it SaaS) something we 
need to enforce with IceCat. Not sure how we can check for this yet in a 
way that could be automated.