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Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions

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288 points fernandotakai | 1 comments | 11 Aug 15 03:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.352s | source
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GeorgeOrr ◴[11 Aug 15 03:56 UTC] No.10039015[source]▶
It's important to note that the Developers Editions (and the Nightlys) will have a setting for disabling the requirement.

The assumption being that developers need to test as they develop. And are a more informed user.

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ethana ◴[11 Aug 15 04:09 UTC] No.10039040[source]▶
Did they say why beta wouldn't have this setting? If anything beta is closer to release and developer would target that. Developer edition is still nightly if I'm not correct?
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1. GeorgeOrr ◴[11 Aug 15 04:18 UTC] No.10039067[source]▶
I don't see anything about why the beta, but I did see the following in the FAQ. Maybe this will help:

"There will also be special unbranded versions of Release and Beta that will have this setting, so that add-on developers can work on their add-ons without having to sign every build."