[Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#908158: webext-ublock-origin: xul-ext-ublock-origin and webext-ublock-origin should co-exist

[Markus Koschany]

Am 06.09.2018 um 22:24 schrieb Mykola Nikishov:
> Markus Koschany <apo at debian.org> writes:
> 
>> This is correct because the old XUL format does no longer work with
>> Firefox 62. It is not possible to install them both at the same time.
> 
> Yes, I know that FF62 and XUL extensions are not compatible.
> 
> My hope was if it is possible to have FF-ESR and FF-62 installed at the
> same time, it should be possible to use xul-ext-ublock-origin and
> webext-ublock-origin respectively.
> 
> In other words, it is not technically possible to have, at the same time:
> - Firefox ESR with xul-ext-ublock-origin/stable
> - Firefox 62 with webext-ublock-origin
> 
> Even with different profiles?

FF-ESR will soon be upgraded to the new Firefox ESR release and that is
not compatible with XUL addons anymore. It is technically possible to
support this use case but it is not supported by us.

Markus


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