[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] [proposal] XUL Extensions policy additions

[Guido Günther]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 01:44:07AM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to propose the following addition to the XUL extension policy:
> 
> - Preference files that are normally found in defaults/preferences in
>   the xpi should be installed in /etc/mozilla-extensions and should
>   preferably named extension-name.js.
> 
> A few notes about the above:
> - I'm proposing /etc/mozilla-extensions because there is already such a
>   directory, and moving the configuration files would be painful for
>   those packages that do implement this.
> - The file name clause may be better as a "must" than a "should
>   preferably"
> - Obviously a symbolic link from
>   /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/foobar/default/preferences must be
>   added.
> 
> On an unrelated note, I'd like to suggest to move the policy in its own
> wiki page, so that it can be referred more easily. Something like
> Mozilla/ExtensionsPolicy could be a good place IMHO, so that I can add
> Mozilla/PluginsPolicy and maybe others later.
Sure. Please go ahead!
 -- Guido