Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] uBlock Origins 1.14.0 incompatible with IceCat 52.1.0

[Felix Fröhlich]

Great, thanks for the quick response!

On 02/09/17 06:51, David Hedlund wrote:
>
> This was quickly solved after I discussed with the author. I updated
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin to version 1.14.4, it
> should work with IceCat 52.1.0.
>
>
>
> On 2017-09-02 00:06, Felix Fröhlich wrote:
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I recently noticed that uBlock Origins was labelled incompatible with
>> IceCat 52.1.0. The author published a new version (1.14.0) which drops
>> the support for any Firefox-based browser that does not support
>> WebExtensions. It looks like IceCat page saw that version and updated
>> uBlock Origins without (being capable of?) checking whether that version
>> could actually be used.
>>
>> It was possible to reverse this update by downloading uBlock 1.13.8 from
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/versions/1.13.8
>> and disabling automatic updates for it (not sure if disabling them was
>> necessary), but it would be nice if -- until WebExtensions are supported
>> by IceCat, of course -- IceCat would hold back add-on updates if they
>> are marked as incompatible with the corresponding Firefox version (in
>> this case, 52.1.0esr).
>>
>> Kind regards.
>>
>>
>>
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